Postcode district · Brighouse
Crime in HD6
How much crime is recorded in HD6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 36,864 (2024)
HD6Postcode district · Brighouse
How safe is HD6
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in HD6, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
HD6National
Violence and sexual offences27.223.6
Shoplifting14.58.4
Burglary9.79.1
Anti-social behaviour6.610.7
Public order5.04.6
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Other theft4.14.5
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Other crime2.31.5
Drugs2.32.4
Robbery1.01.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.