Total Crime Rate
507.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Cross Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the 14th 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 King Cross Street (HX1 2DG) in the last 12 months was 507.2 per 1,000 residents and was 592.5% 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 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 44.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -65.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 131 (≈ 270.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Cross Street (HX1 2DG), the main crime hotspot is near Silver Street. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 87 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hipperholme and Lightcliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Commercial Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunderland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Black Swan Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carlton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bull Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St James Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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