Crime Statistics for Boothtown, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

Crime statistics for Boothtown, Calderdale

There were a total of 646 street level crime incidents in Boothtown in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime270
Criminal Damage Arson65
Public Order65
Vehicle Crime42
Shoplifting41
Burglary36
Other Theft34
Anti Social Behaviour28
Drugs28
Other Crime23
Robbery5
Possession Of Weapons5
Theft From The Person3
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime646

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Boothtown646
Claremount (0.88 miles)640
Halifax (0.88 miles)640
Stoney Royd (1.39 miles)526
Bank Top (1.75 miles)377
Pellon (0.88 miles)343
Illingworth (1.39 miles)261
Holmfield (1.24 miles)231
Catherine Slack (1.39 miles)122
Dam Head (1.39 miles)106

15.6%
of Warley (Calderdale) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Boothtown270
Claremount234
Halifax234
Stoney Royd185
Pellon165
Bank Top126
Illingworth119
Holmfield100
Catherine Slack51
Dam Head38

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.

#WardScore
1Ovenden95
2Clayton and Fairweather Green91
3Illingworth and Mixenden86
4Park86
5Warley81
6Town79
7Queensbury78
8Skircoat76
9Sowerby Bridge72
10Northowram and Shelf66
11Luddendenfoot64

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 this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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