Crime Statistics for Brighouse, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

Crime statistics for Brighouse, Calderdale

There were a total of 228 street level crime incidents in Brighouse in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brighouse, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime90
Criminal Damage Arson27
Burglary23
Public Order22
Other Theft17
Anti Social Behaviour13
Drugs10
Shoplifting9
Vehicle Crime7
Other Crime6
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime228

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Brighouse

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Brighouse228
Bailiff Bridge (0.62 miles)174
Brookfoot (0.62 miles)172
Birkhouse (0.88 miles)153
Toothill (1.24 miles)132
Rastrick (1.39 miles)94
Southowram (1.86 miles)85
Cromwell Bottom (1.39 miles)81
Hartshead Moor Top (1.75 miles)73
Red Beck (1.37 miles)47

4.92%
of Rastrick residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Brighouse?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Brighouse90
Bailiff Bridge75
Brookfoot66
Birkhouse64
Toothill46
Hartshead Moor Top43
Southowram39
Rastrick34
Cromwell Bottom25
Red Beck20

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

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 Brighouse 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 Brighouse compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brighouse and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Brighouse is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Wyke88
2Park86
3Greenhead83
4Town79
5Cleckheaton73
6Ashbrow72
7Brighouse71
8Elland68
9Rastrick66
10Lindley63
11Hipperholme and Lightcliffe57

Which road in Brighouse has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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