Postcode · Halifax
Crime in HX2 7NL
How much crime is recorded in HX2 7NL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sowerby Bridge
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,512 (2024)
HX2 7NLHalifax
How safe is HX2 7NL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX2 7NL area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 7NLNational
Violence and sexual offences10.923.6
Anti-social behaviour4.710.7
Burglary4.49.1
Shoplifting2.78.4
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Public order2.04.6
Other crime1.71.5
Drugs1.22.4
Other theft1.24.5
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 50% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.