Total Crime Rate
72.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brighouse , and the 332nd 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 High Street (HD6 1DE) in the last 12 months was 72.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (HD6 1DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brighouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Martin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonegate Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Water Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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