Total Crime Rate
5435.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rawson Street area has the highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the highest crime rate of 685 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 Rawson Street (HX1 1NH) in the last 12 months was 5435.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7321.1% higher than the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 386 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 76.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 571 (≈ 2958.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rawson Street (HX1 1NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Russell Street, where police recorded 246 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Silver Street (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hipperholme and Lightcliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coleridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward'S End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Town Hall Street East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper George Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward'S End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Portland Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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