Total Crime Rate

81.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.1 2/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cooper Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Northowram and Shelf , and the 334th highest crime rate of 685 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 Cooper Lane (HX3 7RD) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% lower than the Northowram and Shelf average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cooper Lane (HX3 7RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackshaw Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cooper Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr House Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cypress Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cypress Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Elwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr House Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cypress Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cypress Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cypress Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenacres Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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