Crime Statistics for Halifax, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

There were a total of 555 street level crime incidents in Halifax in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Halifax, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	254
Shoplifting	58
Public Order	53
Criminal Damage Arson	34
Vehicle Crime	32
Other Crime	24
Drugs	23
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Other Theft	21
Burglary	16
Theft From The Person	8
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	4
All Crime	555

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Halifax. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Halifax

We've taken the ten nearest places to Halifax and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Halifax has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Boothtown (0.88 miles)	622
Claremount	555
Halifax	555
Stoney Royd (0.62 miles)	449
Pellon (1.24 miles)	338
Bank Top (0.88 miles)	314
Siddal (1.39 miles)	96
Dam Head (1.39 miles)	95
Southowram (1.75 miles)	68
Northowram (1.39 miles)	52

Where are the most violent places near Halifax?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Halifax and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Boothtown	299
Claremount	254
Halifax	254
Stoney Royd	199
Pellon	166
Bank Top	142
Siddal	43
Dam Head	35
Southowram	26
Northowram	12

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Halifax?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Halifax to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Halifax compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Halifax and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Halifax is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ovenden	95
2	Clayton and Fairweather Green	91
3	Park	86
4	Warley	81
5	Town	79
6	Queensbury	78
7	Skircoat	76
8	Sowerby Bridge	72
9	Elland	68
10	Northowram and Shelf	66
11	Luddendenfoot	64

Which road in Halifax has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Halifax with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Park Lane.