Total Crime Rate
236.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
177.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dudley Crescent area has the 15th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 69th 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 Dudley Crescent (HX2 8LD) in the last 12 months was 236.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 177.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dudley Crescent (HX2 8LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Calder Close, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Furness Drive (28 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 | Furness Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dodge Holme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dodge Holme Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dodge Holme Gardens | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solstice Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calder Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crag Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Solstice Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dodge Holme Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dodge Holme Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anvil Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomhead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broomhead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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