Total Crime Rate
79.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Savile Glen area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the 326th highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Savile Glen (HX1 2BH) in the last 12 months was 79.2 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Savile Glen (HX1 2BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daisy Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Skircoat| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Arches Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arches Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brassey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daisy Street | — |
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