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Crime in HX2 8

How much crime is recorded in HX2 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Calderdale
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Population
19,757 (2024)
Crime

How safe is HX2 8

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 60.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in HX2 8, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 9 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
9/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
60.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
116
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

HX2 8National
Violence and sexual offences50.023.6
Shoplifting17.98.4
Anti-social behaviour13.710.7
Burglary12.09.1
Criminal damage and arson9.64.7
Public order8.54.6
Other theft7.54.5
Vehicle crime4.93.5
Other crime4.51.5
Drugs3.62.4
Robbery1.21.4
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 15% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
25
50
75
100
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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