Total Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Farm Way area has the 28th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brighouse , and the 285th highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Farm Way (HD6 2HF) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Farm Way (HD6 2HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aysgarth Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smith House Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hipperholme and Lightcliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spruce Heights | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aysgarth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nunlea Royd | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aysgarth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aysgarth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smith House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aysgarth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Smith House Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spruce Heights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smith House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairless Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aysgarth Avenue | — |
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