Crime Statistics for Bank Top, Calderdale, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

There were a total of 314 street level crime incidents in Bank Top in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bank Top, 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	142
Shoplifting	34
Public Order	31
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Drugs	13
Other Theft	13
Other Crime	12
Burglary	12
Vehicle Crime	10
Theft From The Person	7
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	1
All Crime	314

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 Bank Top. 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 Bank Top

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Claremount (0.88 miles)	555
Halifax (0.88 miles)	555
Stoney Royd (0.62 miles)	449
Bank Top	314
Exley (1.39 miles)	103
Siddal (0.62 miles)	96
Southowram (0.88 miles)	68
Northowram (1.39 miles)	52
Copley (1.75 miles)	49
Red Beck (1.67 miles)	34

Where are the most violent places near Bank Top?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Claremount	254
Halifax	254
Stoney Royd	199
Bank Top	142
Exley	50
Siddal	43
Southowram	26
Copley	25
Red Beck	15
Northowram	12

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

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 Bank Top 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 Bank Top compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bank Top and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bank Top is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ovenden	95
2	Park	86
3	Warley	81
4	Town	79
5	Skircoat	76
6	Ashbrow	72
7	Sowerby Bridge	72
8	Elland	68
9	Northowram and Shelf	66
10	Rastrick	66
11	Luddendenfoot	64

Which road in Bank Top has the highest level of crime?

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