Total Crime Rate

91.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.3 9/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lower Edge Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Elland , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 685 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 Lower Edge Road (HX5 9PL) in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% lower 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 81.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 142.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Edge Road (HX5 9PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grasmere Drive, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bramble Grove (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Edge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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