Total Crime Rate
184.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Birks Hall Terrace 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 Birks Hall Terrace (HX1 5RG) 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 Birks Hall Terrace (HX1 5RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 82 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 | Drugs | Milner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sefton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raglan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowman Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowman Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowman Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Penn Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shroggs Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shroggs Vue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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