Crime Rates at Meadow Drive, Halifax, HX3 5JZ

Meadow Drive area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 144th lowest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow Drive (HX3 5JZ) in the last 12 months was 41.7 per 1,000 residents and was 74.3% lower than the Illingworth and Mixenden average (162.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Drive (HX3 5JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorlands Drive, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quarry Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.