Crime Rates at Grove Avenue, Halifax, HX3 5QY

Grove Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 126th 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 Grove Avenue (HX3 5QY) in the last 12 months was 162.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 124.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Avenue (HX3 5QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ovenden Way, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ovenden Terrace (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.