Total Crime Rate

153.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 153.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.7 10/10
  • Other crime 17.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spruce Heights area has the 14th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brighouse , and the 159th highest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .

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 Spruce Heights (HD6 2JS) in the last 12 months was 153.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% higher than the Brighouse average (136.1 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 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spruce Heights (HD6 2JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aysgarth Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smith House Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spruce Heights area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Old Farm Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Smith House Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith House Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sefton Drive —
Sep 2025Other theft The Spinney Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sefton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Smith House Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Smith House Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stoney Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Smith House Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith House Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stoney Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Smith House Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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