Total Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026College Terrace area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Park , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around College Terrace (HX1 3BX) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% lower than the Park average (171.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Terrace (HX1 3BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Constitutional Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sowerby Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Constitutional Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elmwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Edge West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belfast Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Scarr Bottom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constitutional Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constitutional Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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