Total Crime Rate
193.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
131.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Furness Drive area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 99th highest 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 Furness Drive (HX2 8LX) in the last 12 months was 193.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 131.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Furness Drive (HX2 8LX), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ovenden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Edge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dodge Holme Gardens | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dodge Holme Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dodge Holme Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dodge Holme Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crag Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broomhead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomhead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Avenue South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anvil Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Turner Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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