Postcode · Halifax
Crime in HX2 9TH
How much crime is recorded in HX2 9TH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Illingworth & Ogden
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,558 (2024)
HX2 9THHalifax
How safe is HX2 9TH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX2 9TH area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
33.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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 9THNational
Violence and sexual offences28.623.6
Burglary7.89.1
Anti-social behaviour6.910.7
Public order5.64.6
Other crime4.81.5
Other theft3.44.5
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Drugs0.62.4
Theft from the person0.62.1
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 49% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.