Total Crime Rate
5435.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bull Green 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 Bull Green (HX1 5AB) 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 Bull Green (HX1 5AB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lord Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdock Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bedford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Back Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crossley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coleridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Great Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward'S End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward'S End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Street | Under investigation |
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