Total Crime Rate
788.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pellon Lane Retail Park area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ovenden , and the 9th highest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pellon Lane Retail Park (HX1 5HQ) in the last 12 months was 788.2 per 1,000 residents and was 360.2% higher than the Ovenden average (171.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 87 (≈ 233.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pellon Lane Retail Park (HX1 5HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horne Street, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crossley Gardens (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ovenden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shroggs Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Horne Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Horne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Horne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Horne Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St George'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Milner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raglan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shroggs Vue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crossley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossley Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossley Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sefton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Horne Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Horne Street | Under investigation |
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