Crime Statistics for Dam Head, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

There were a total of 135 street level crime incidents in Dam Head in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Dam Head, 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	47
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Shoplifting	18
Vehicle Crime	11
Burglary	9
Public Order	9
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Other Theft	6
Other Crime	4
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	135

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Dam Head. 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 Dam Head

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Boothtown (1.39 miles)	730
Holmfield (1.39 miles)	253
Dam Head	135
Catherine Slack (0.88 miles)	134
Northowram (0.88 miles)	80
Shibden Head (1.39 miles)	75
Ambler Thorn (1.39 miles)	75
Shelf (1.39 miles)	60
Stone Chair (0.62 miles)	58
Coley (1.24 miles)	53

Where are the most violent places near Dam Head?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Boothtown	353
Holmfield	104
Catherine Slack	59
Dam Head	47
Shibden Head	36
Ambler Thorn	36
Northowram	27
Shelf	25
Stone Chair	22
Coley	22

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

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 Dam Head 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 Dam Head compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dam Head and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Dam Head is ranked #6.

#	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 Dam Head has the highest level of crime?

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