Total Crime Rate
149.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beechwood Drive area has the 34th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 684 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 Beechwood Drive (HX2 9AS) in the last 12 months was 149.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% lower than the Illingworth and Mixenden average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beechwood Drive (HX2 9AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grange Avenue, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakwood Gardens (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Illingworth and Mixenden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beechwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watkinson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
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