Crime Statistics for Upper Brockholes, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Upper Brockholes in September 2024. There were a total of 274 incidents. 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 Upper Brockholes, 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	103
Shoplifting	32
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Other Theft	20
Burglary	20
Public Order	15
Other Crime	14
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	274

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Upper Brockholes. 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 Upper Brockholes

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Illingworth (0.88 miles)	539
Holmfield (1.39 miles)	403
Brookhouse	233
Holdsworth (1.24 miles)	187
Upper Brockholes	181
Mixenden (0.62 miles)	178
Moor End (0.88 miles)	51
Booth (1.75 miles)	20
Causeway Foot (1.39 miles)	9
Ogden (1.24 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Upper Brockholes?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Illingworth	231
Holmfield	200
Upper Brockholes	103
Brookhouse	97
Holdsworth	78
Mixenden	69
Moor End	25
Booth	13
Causeway Foot	2
Ogden	1

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

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 Upper Brockholes 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 Upper Brockholes compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Northowram and Shelf	66
10	Luddendenfoot	64
11	Calder	53

Which road in Upper Brockholes has the highest level of crime?

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