Crime · Halifax

Reported crime in Halifax

Name: Halifax crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

15,165 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 153 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

15,165

Rate / 1,000

153

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	6,487	43%
Anti social behaviour	1,527	10%
Public order	1,359	9%
Criminal damage and arson	1,126	7%
Shoplifting	989	7%
Other theft	896	6%
Drugs	675	4%
Burglary	589	4%
Vehicle crime	569	4%
Other crime	520	3%
Robbery	167	1%
Possession of weapons	114	1%
Theft from the person	103	1%
Bicycle theft	44	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	669	598	574	554	489	513	469	479	525	517	569	531	6487
Anti social behaviour	135	167	117	165	128	85	80	123	119	136	151	121	1527
Public order	148	140	113	110	98	107	100	95	104	117	114	113	1359
Criminal damage and arson	95	106	96	98	74	91	70	89	106	101	101	99	1126
Shoplifting	55	61	91	74	81	71	88	58	78	122	88	122	989
Other theft	85	74	73	72	77	76	75	72	74	65	68	85	896
Drugs	63	56	64	44	50	60	81	44	45	60	48	60	675
Burglary	61	52	66	57	82	45	43	29	25	42	44	43	589
Vehicle crime	48	43	63	46	44	46	29	43	39	55	51	62	569
Other crime	40	40	33	44	32	46	42	62	36	38	51	56	520
Robbery	16	11	12	8	22	7	19	16	13	19	12	12	167
Possession of weapons	15	8	12	12	9	6	11	3	12	6	9	11	114
Theft from the person	15	8	5	10	8	4	8	5	13	5	10	12	103
Bicycle theft	1	5	2	5	4	5	1	3	2	4	6	6	44
Total	1446	1369	1321	1299	1198	1162	1116	1121	1191	1287	1322	1333	15165

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Halifax, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 99,015.