Total Crime Rate
89.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brougham Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the 284th highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brougham Road (HX3 6NG) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% higher than the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brougham Road (HX3 6NG), the main crime hotspot is near Robert Street North. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Davids Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bankfield View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Simpson Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lincoln Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A647 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A647 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bankfield View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bankfield View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Heap Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brewery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandforth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bath Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fern Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brougham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West View Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grantham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grantham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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