Total Crime Rate
88.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cooper Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Northowram and Shelf , and the 301st 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 7RG) in the last 12 months was 88.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% 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 Vehicle crime with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cooper Lane (HX3 7RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Breighton Adown, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calderstone Avenue (23 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 | Cawood Haven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cawood Haven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Breighton Adown | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cawood Haven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Elwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cypress Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cypress Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cypress Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr House Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cypress Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cawood Haven | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cawood Haven | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chapel Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chapel Fold | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calderstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Collingham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cawood Haven | Local resolution |
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