Total Crime Rate

159.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

89.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 159.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 89.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.3 9/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Halifax Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Brierfield East & Clover Hill , and the 55th highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Pendle .

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 Halifax Road (BB9 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 159.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.1% higher than the Brierfield East & Clover Hill average (115.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Halifax Road (BB9 5AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wesley Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Halifax Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wesley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tunstill Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reedley Farm Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reedley Farm Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grafton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meadow Bank Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beatie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beatie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Stanley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Henry Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hudson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Taylor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wesley Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wesley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reedley Farm Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Humphrey Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Every Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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