Total Crime Rate
46.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leafield Close area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brighouse , and the 176th lowest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leafield Close (HD2 1EE) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 66.7% lower than the Brighouse average (138.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leafield Close (HD2 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Well Grove, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ruskin Grove (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashbrow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlington Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sunny View Crescent | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlington Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Well Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Well Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riddings Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riddings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood View | Under investigation |
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