Total Crime Rate
100.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashfield Close area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 250th 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 Ashfield Close (HX3 5PH) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 108.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashfield Close (HX3 5PH), the main crime hotspot is near Denfield Edge. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 40 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 | Ovenden Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enderby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Edge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Edge | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ovenden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Royd | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Edge | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Edge | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Enderby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Denfield Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Denfield Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Enderby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Edge | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Edge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denfield Edge | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grove Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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