Total Crime Rate
306.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cedar Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Golcar , and the 56th highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Cedar Close (HD7 4BB) in the last 12 months was 306.9 per 1,000 residents and was 261.4% higher than the Golcar average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 180.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cedar Close (HD7 4BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Golcar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marina Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maple Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elmfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sycamore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hexham Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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