Total Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victor Terrace area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ovenden , and the 224th 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 Victor Terrace (HX1 4AN) in the last 12 months was 53.4 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% lower than the Ovenden average (157.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victor Terrace (HX1 4AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Summerscale Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burlington Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baines Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowman Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bowman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Summerscale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Summerscale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Summerscale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Summerscale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowman Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Diamond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Violet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Baines Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Womersley Street | — |
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