Total Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burnley Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Park , and the 317th highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burnley Road (HX2 7JD) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burnley Road (HX2 7JD), 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 | Wainhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darcey Hey Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Essex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calder Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vaughan Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vaughan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pye Nest Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crestfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wainhouse Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pye Nest Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Armitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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