Total Crime Rate
5849.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3145.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crown Street area has the highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crown Street (HX1 1JB) in the last 12 months was 5849.7 per 1,000 residents and was 8645.3% higher than the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 437 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 607 (≈ 3145.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crown Street (HX1 1JB), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 267 crimes here, including 124 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Cock Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Cock Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Old Cock Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Old Cock Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Old Cock Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burdock Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bull Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Market | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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