Crime Statistics for Northowram, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in Northowram 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 Northowram, 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	12
Shoplifting	11
Vehicle Crime	7
Other Theft	5
Public Order	5
Burglary	4
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
All Crime	52

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 Northowram. 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 Northowram

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Claremount (1.39 miles)	555
Halifax (1.39 miles)	555
Bank Top (1.39 miles)	314
Dam Head (0.88 miles)	95
Northowram	52
Red Beck (1.28 miles)	34
Shelf (1.39 miles)	27
Coley (0.88 miles)	24
Norwood Green (1.24 miles)	22
Stone Chair (0.62 miles)	20

Where are the most violent places near Northowram?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Claremount	254
Halifax	254
Bank Top	142
Dam Head	35
Red Beck	15
Shelf	14
Northowram	12
Norwood Green	10
Coley	8
Stone Chair	4

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

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 Northowram 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 Northowram compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ovenden	95
2	Royds	92
3	Clayton and Fairweather Green	91
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	Rastrick	66

Which road in Northowram has the highest level of crime?

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