Total Crime Rate
210.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westbury Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Elland , and the 86th 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 Westbury Street (HX5 9AL) in the last 12 months was 210.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% higher than the Elland average (133.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (β 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westbury Street (HX5 9AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heathbury Gardens, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Elland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemount Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemount Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosemount Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosemount Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosemount Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosemount Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Huddersfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heathfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathbury Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathbury Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathbury Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Quebec Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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