Crime Rate in Brighouse, ward

Brighouse has the 6th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Calderdale district and the 831st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 68th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Brighouse in the last 12 months was 136.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% higher than the Calderdale district average (125.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brighouse’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 678 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 70.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -30.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 841 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brighouse ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Market Street. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.