Total Crime Rate
193.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shirley Grove area has the 9th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Brighouse , and the 100th 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 Shirley Grove (HX3 8UX) in the last 12 months was 193.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.9% higher than the Brighouse average (138.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirley Grove (HX3 8UX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aysgarth Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cliffe Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hipperholme and Lightcliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairless Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliffe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aysgarth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aysgarth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aysgarth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aysgarth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aysgarth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nunlea Royd | — |
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