Crime Statistics for Holmfield, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

There were a total of 233 street level crime incidents in Holmfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Holmfield, 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	107
Other Theft	31
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Vehicle Crime	19
Public Order	18
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Burglary	7
Other Crime	6
Shoplifting	2
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	233

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 Holmfield. 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 Holmfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Boothtown (1.24 miles)	622
Illingworth (0.62 miles)	265
Holmfield	233
Holdsworth (0.62 miles)	166
Brookhouse (1.39 miles)	147
Mixenden (1.24 miles)	145
Catherine Slack (0.62 miles)	98
Dam Head (1.39 miles)	95
Shibden Head (0.88 miles)	76
Ambler Thorn (0.88 miles)	54

Where are the most violent places near Holmfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Boothtown	299
Illingworth	122
Holmfield	107
Holdsworth	72
Brookhouse	71
Mixenden	71
Catherine Slack	42
Dam Head	35
Shibden Head	29
Ambler Thorn	20

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

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 Holmfield 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 Holmfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Holmfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Holmfield have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Luddendenfoot.

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

Which road in Holmfield has the highest level of crime?

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