Total Crime Rate
89.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Smithy Clough Lane area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Greetland and Stainland , and the 283rd 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 Smithy Clough Lane (HX6 4LG) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% higher than the Greetland and Stainland average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smithy Clough Lane (HX6 4LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swift Place, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Great House Lane (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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