Total Crime Rate
131.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollins Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Greetland and Stainland , and the 176th highest crime rate of 684 local areas in Calderdale .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hollins Lane (HX6 2RX) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 131.2% higher than the Greetland and Stainland average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 86.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollins Lane (HX6 2RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Nook, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Fountain Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sowerby Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Annie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Fountain Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollins Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollins Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oliver Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Nook | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Nook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eagles Cliffe | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corporation Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Upper Fountain Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wallis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wallis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Height Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Height Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuel Lane | Under investigation |
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