Total Crime Rate

351.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 351.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.1 10/10
  • Drugs 52.5 10/10
  • Public order 43.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.1 8/10
  • Other crime 22.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.0 9/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heath View area has the 12th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the 38th 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 Heath View (HX1 2JU) in the last 12 months was 351.6 per 1,000 residents and was 380.1% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 178.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heath View (HX1 2JU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Crime Over Time in Heath View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Union Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleridge Street
Sep 2025Burglary Coleridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clare Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath View Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hunger Hill
Sep 2025Other theft Hope Hall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Hall Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Hall Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heath View Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Portland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ward'S End Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Portland Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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