Postcode · Halifax
Crime in HX3 5AE
How much crime is recorded in HX3 5AE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wheatley & Ovenden West
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,724 (2024)
HX3 5AEHalifax
How safe is HX3 5AE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 27.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX3 5AE area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
27.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
55
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).
HX3 5AENational
Violence and sexual offences23.423.6
Anti-social behaviour11.110.7
Other crime5.41.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Other theft3.44.5
Burglary3.29.1
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Public order2.34.6
Drugs1.22.4
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 17% 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.