Postcode · Sowerby Bridge
Crime in HX6 1LE
How much crime is recorded in HX6 1LE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sowerby & Luddendenfoot
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,790 (2024)
HX6 1LESowerby Bridge
How safe is HX6 1LE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX6 1LE area, above 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
35.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
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).
HX6 1LENational
Violence and sexual offences30.123.6
Anti-social behaviour11.510.7
Burglary8.89.1
Other theft5.94.5
Public order4.64.6
Other crime4.11.5
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Drugs0.62.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.11.4
Shoplifting0.18.4
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 29% 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.