Total Crime Rate
343.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prospect Row area has the 4th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 684 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 Prospect Row (HX2 8BE) in the last 12 months was 343.1 per 1,000 residents and was 125.0% higher than the Illingworth and Mixenden average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prospect Row (HX2 8BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sod House Green (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ovenden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sod House Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maude Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sod House Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sod House Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Athol Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Athol Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Enderby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bairstowes Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Enderby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blackburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blackburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enderby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawler Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pippin Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pippin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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