Total Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Joshua Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Todmorden , and the 300th 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 Joshua Street (OL14 5EF) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% lower than the Todmorden average (101.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Joshua Street (OL14 5EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ridge Bank, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Todmorden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bride Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ridge Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckley View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Patmos | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gledhill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Todmorden Bus Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nutfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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