Total Crime Rate
115.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Copley Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Skircoat , and the 223rd highest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Copley Lane (HX3 0TT) in the last 12 months was 115.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% lower than the Skircoat average (121.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 225.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Copley Lane (HX3 0TT), the main crime hotspot is near Dean Court. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Skircoat| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephens Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephens Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rishworthian Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Dean Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Dean Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | North Dean Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydbrook Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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