Total Crime Rate
136.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastwood Close area has the 39th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 168th 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 Eastwood Close (HX2 9DU) in the last 12 months was 136.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 82.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 98.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastwood Close (HX2 9DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Byland, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sturton Grove (13 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 | Drugs | Field Head Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Byland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Byland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Byland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Byland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Byland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keighley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Byland | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Byland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Byland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | East Byland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sturton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlemoor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Littlemoor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Willows | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Illingworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Byland | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skirdon Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Skirdon Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Smith Copse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobblestones Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazel Drive | — |
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