Total Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dombey Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ovenden , and the 341st highest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dombey Street (HX1 5JS) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% lower than the Ovenden average (171.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dombey Street (HX1 5JS), the main crime hotspot is near Crossley Gardens. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ovenden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowman Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raglan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Florence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crossley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossley Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossley Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Margaret Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowman Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Cromwell Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dombey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Milner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kismet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowman Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Close | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
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