Total Crime Rate

184.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 184.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 54.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.1 9/10
  • Drugs 20.3 10/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pellon Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ovenden , and the 117th 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 Pellon Lane (HX1 5RD) in the last 12 months was 184.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% higher 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pellon Lane (HX1 5RD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pellon Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Back Grosvenor Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Birks Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Hill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Howard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowman Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crossley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowman Place
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Horne Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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