Total Crime Rate

180.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Reservoir Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ovenden , and the 121st highest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Reservoir Road (HX2 0ET) in the last 12 months was 180.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 114.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reservoir Road (HX2 0ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newstead Heath (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Reservoir Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Beckenham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlesworth Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlesworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Charlesworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Heath Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newstead Heath Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Newstead Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spring Hall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Hall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlesworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Charlesworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlesworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlesworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlesworth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Hall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Spring Hall Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Spring Hall Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cusworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Lover Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charlesworth Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pellon New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Spring Hall Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spinners Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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