Total Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cavendish Terrace 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 Cavendish Terrace (HX1 5LQ) 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 Cavendish Terrace (HX1 5LQ), 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 | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gerrard Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sefton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milner Street | 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 | Sefton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gerrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shroggs Vue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shroggs Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Milton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Milner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Gerrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Florence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Gerrard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raglan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
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