Total Crime Rate

361.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 361.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.3 10/10
  • Other theft 60.2 10/10
  • Public order 45.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 22.9 7/10
  • Burglary 20.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Robbery 11.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

School Yard View 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 School Yard View (HX3 6FB) 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 School Yard View (HX3 6FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eldon Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Crime Over Time in School Yard View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodlands Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cowroyd Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cowroyd Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Range Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Range Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Eldon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eldon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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