Total Crime Rate

213.0 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 213.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.0 10/10
  • Public order 25.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sycamore Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Golcar , and the 120th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sycamore Avenue (HD3 4SG) in the last 12 months was 213.0 per 1,000 residents and was 154.0% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 158.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sycamore Avenue (HD3 4SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laburnum Grove (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sycamore Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hexham Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Greenway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hexham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elmfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Taylor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holmfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Maple Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bryan Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryan Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coombe Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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