Total Crime Rate
5435.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Commercial 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 Commercial Street (HX1 1TB) 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 Commercial Street (HX1 1TB), 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 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Cock Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Old Cock Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Old Cock Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Cock Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Market | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Market | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Hall Street East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gill'S Court | Under investigation |
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