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Crime in HX3 7LY
How much crime is recorded in HX3 7LY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Northowram & Shelf
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,399 (2024)
How safe is HX3 7LY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX3 7LY 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
28.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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 7LYNational
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Vehicle crime9.83.5
Burglary6.49.1
Public order2.64.6
Anti-social behaviour2.510.7
Other crime2.21.5
Criminal damage and arson1.94.7
Other theft1.34.5
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Shoplifting0.48.4
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.