Total Crime Rate

76.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 15.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.3 3/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pepper Hill area has the 8th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Northowram and Shelf , and the 333rd highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pepper Hill (HX3 7TH) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.9% higher than the Northowram and Shelf average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pepper Hill (HX3 7TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Cross Lane, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Calder View Court (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pepper Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Cross Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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