Total Crime Rate
32.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Throstle Bank area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Park , and the 96th lowest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Throstle Bank (HX2 7DB) in the last 12 months was 32.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% lower than the Park average (171.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Throstle Bank (HX2 7DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wainhouse Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunkirk Terrace (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sowerby Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wainhouse Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vaughan Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Edge West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darcey Hey Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Armitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calder Avenue | Under investigation |
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