Total Crime Rate
361.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dean Clough Mills area has the 11th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the 34th 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 Dean Clough Mills (HX3 5FD) in the last 12 months was 361.0 per 1,000 residents and was 392.9% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 183.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dean Clough Mills (HX3 5FD), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 252 crimes here, including 116 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woodside Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Akroyd Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Akroyd Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Akroyd Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Akroyd Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Akroyd Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woodside Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woodside Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Back Victoria 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 | Drugs | Great Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankfield View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdock Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woodside View | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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