Crime Statistics for Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Sowerby Bridge in September 2024. There were a total of 101 incidents. 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 Sowerby Bridge, 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 Crime49
Public Order12
Other Theft9
Other Crime7
Vehicle Crime6
Criminal Damage Arson5
Burglary4
Drugs3
Anti Social Behaviour2
Shoplifting2
Possession Of Weapons1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime101

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Pellon (1.39 miles)386
Warley Town (1.39 miles)148
Friendly (0.88 miles)140
Sowerby Bridge101
Sowerby (1.24 miles)74
Greetland (1.75 miles)60
Copley (1.39 miles)34
Clough Head (0.62 miles)31
Longley (1.39 miles)14
Greetland Wall Nook (1.24 miles)6

4.44%
of Sowerby Bridge residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Sowerby Bridge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Pellon160
Warley Town87
Friendly66
Sowerby Bridge49
Sowerby41
Greetland32
Copley16
Clough Head12
Longley6
Greetland Wall Nook3

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

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 Sowerby Bridge 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 Sowerby Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ovenden95
2Park86
3Warley81
4Town79
5Skircoat76
6Sowerby Bridge72
7Elland68
8Luddendenfoot64
9Greetland and Stainland55
10Colne Valley55
11Calder53

Which road in Sowerby Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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