Total Crime Rate
127.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingswood Green area has the 5th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Northowram and Shelf , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 685 local areas in Calderdale .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingswood Green (HX3 7AX) in the last 12 months was 127.1 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% higher than the Northowram and Shelf average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingswood Green (HX3 7AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Godley Lane, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northowram and Shelf| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Godley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shibden Grange Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hough | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Godley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bradford Road | Under investigation |
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