Postcode · Halifax
Crime in HX3 7DB
How much crime is recorded in HX3 7DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Northowram & Shelf
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,513 (2024)
HX3 7DBHalifax
How safe is HX3 7DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX3 7DB area, well 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
21.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 7DBNational
Burglary14.39.1
Violence and sexual offences13.623.6
Other theft5.74.5
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Other crime3.01.5
Anti-social behaviour2.310.7
Public order1.94.6
Criminal damage and arson1.24.7
Drugs0.52.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 29% 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.