Total Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willowfield Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Greetland and Stainland , and the 6th lowest crime rate of 684 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 Willowfield Avenue (HX2 7JS) in the last 12 months was 7.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% lower than the Greetland and Stainland average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willowfield Avenue (HX2 7JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crow Wood Park, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trimmingham Road (8 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 | Woodland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crow Wood Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trimmingham Road | Under investigation |
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