Total Crime Rate

140.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 140.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.4 9/10
  • Other crime 14.0 10/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Smithy Fold area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Elland , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Smithy Fold (HX5 9PG) in the last 12 months was 140.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher than the Elland average (137.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 84.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smithy Fold (HX5 9PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dewsbury Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Banks End Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Smithy Fold area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Dewsbury Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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