Total Crime Rate
217.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
149.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waltons Buildings area has the 18th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Illingworth and Mixenden , and the 80th 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 Waltons Buildings (HX3 6RF) in the last 12 months was 217.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 149.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waltons Buildings (HX3 6RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sod House Green (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ovenden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawler Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Enderby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maude Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sod House Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sod House Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sod House Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beechwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Enderby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enderby Close | 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 Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grove Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Athol Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Athol Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blackburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blackburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bairstowes Buildings | Under investigation |
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