Crap Towns / Halifax / Crime

How much crime is there in Halifax?

The police recorded 151 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Halifax from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.0 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 71.6. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 143, down from 159 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	159	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	152	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	143	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	71.6	34.1
Public order	15.8	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	12.4	7.0
Shoplifting	11.1	7.1
Other theft	10.0	5.4
Vehicle crime	7.1	3.8
Drugs	7.1	2.4
Burglary	6.3	3.1
Other crime	5.6	2.0
Robbery	1.4	0.6
Possession of weapons	1.4	0.8
Theft from the person	1.2	0.4
Bicycle theft	0.4	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Halifax	–	151
Bradford	10.8 km	145
Cleckheaton	11.1 km	125
Thornton	7.5 km	115
Huddersfield	10.9 km	115
Elland	5.8 km	93.6
Brighouse	7.0 km	91.6
Queensbury	4.7 km	74.9
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite	11.8 km	70.7
Hebden Bridge	8.7 km	63.4
Shelf and Northowram	4.1 km	51.5
The typical town	–	76.2