Total Crime Rate
118.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Halifax Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Cleckheaton , and the 334th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Halifax Road (WF15 8JD) in the last 12 months was 118.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% higher than the Cleckheaton average (110.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 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 ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Halifax Road (WF15 8JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near First Avenue, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tenth Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Liversedge and Gomersal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thirteenth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ninth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Springfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleventh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleventh Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleventh Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waltons Heights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Third Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Third Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ninth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ninth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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