Crime Statistics for Boothtown, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

There were a total of 622 street level crime incidents in Boothtown in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Boothtown, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	299
Public Order	63
Other Theft	45
Shoplifting	38
Anti Social Behaviour	35
Criminal Damage Arson	35
Vehicle Crime	30
Other Crime	25
Drugs	21
Burglary	18
Theft From The Person	5
Robbery	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
All Crime	622

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Boothtown. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Boothtown

We've taken the ten nearest places to Boothtown and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Boothtown has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Boothtown	622
Claremount (0.88 miles)	555
Halifax (0.88 miles)	555
Stoney Royd (1.39 miles)	449
Pellon (0.88 miles)	338
Bank Top (1.75 miles)	314
Illingworth (1.39 miles)	265
Holmfield (1.24 miles)	233
Catherine Slack (1.39 miles)	98
Dam Head (1.39 miles)	95

Where are the most violent places near Boothtown?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Boothtown and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Boothtown	299
Claremount	254
Halifax	254
Stoney Royd	199
Pellon	166
Bank Top	142
Illingworth	122
Holmfield	107
Catherine Slack	42
Dam Head	35

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Boothtown?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Boothtown to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Boothtown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boothtown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Boothtown is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ovenden	95
2	Clayton and Fairweather Green	91
3	Illingworth and Mixenden	86
4	Park	86
5	Warley	81
6	Town	79
7	Queensbury	78
8	Skircoat	76
9	Sowerby Bridge	72
10	Northowram and Shelf	66
11	Luddendenfoot	64

Which road in Boothtown has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Boothtown with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Templars Gate.