Total Crime Rate
158.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nursery Grove area has the 29th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 131st highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nursery Grove (HX3 5SY) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 83.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nursery Grove (HX3 5SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grove Croft (17 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 | Denfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawler Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enderby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Enderby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Enderby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Club Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moffatt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moffatt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moffatt Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grove Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forest Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forest Green | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pippin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pippin Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bairstowes Buildings | Under investigation |
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