Total Crime Rate

347.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 347.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 141.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 68.8 8/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Drugs 18.1 10/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Other crime 14.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Armitage Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Golcar , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Armitage Road (HD3 4JR) in the last 12 months was 347.8 per 1,000 residents and was 314.7% higher than the Golcar average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 177.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Armitage Road (HD3 4JR), the main crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Armitage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmford'S Yard West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Firs Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmford'S Yard West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmford'S Yard West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmford'S Yard West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meg Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Shaw Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Savile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Savile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
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Data Sources

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