Total Crime Rate
264.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ovenden , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Road (HX1 4NS) in the last 12 months was 264.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.3% higher 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 179.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (HX1 4NS), the main crime hotspot is near Alfred Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baines Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Naylor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naylor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naylor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Franklin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clay Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arundel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grove Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Blackwood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crabtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainman Street | Under investigation |
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