Total Crime Rate
91.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Range Bank area has the 35th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Hipperholme and Lightcliffe , and the 277th 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 Range Bank (HX3 6JR) in the last 12 months was 91.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.4% higher than the Hipperholme and Lightcliffe average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Range Bank (HX3 6JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eldon Street, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Randolph Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northowram and Shelf| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eldon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cowroyd Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellen Royd Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ada Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Souls' Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Randolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | All Souls' Terrace | Under investigation |
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