Postcode · Halifax
Crime in HX2 6US
How much crime is recorded in HX2 6US, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Mytholmroyd & Cragg Vale
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,823 (2024)
HX2 6USHalifax
How safe is HX2 6US
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX2 6US area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
HX2 6USNational
Violence and sexual offences17.523.6
Burglary8.49.1
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Public order4.14.6
Other theft2.94.5
Other crime2.81.5
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Drugs1.12.4
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 7% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.