Postcode · Sowerby Bridge
Crime in HX6 2TY
How much crime is recorded in HX6 2TY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sowerby & Luddendenfoot
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,827 (2024)
HX6 2TYSowerby Bridge
How safe is HX6 2TY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX6 2TY 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
28.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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 2TYNational
Violence and sexual offences18.123.6
Burglary7.79.1
Vehicle crime7.03.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Anti-social behaviour3.510.7
Other theft3.34.5
Drugs2.52.4
Other crime2.31.5
Public order2.24.6
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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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.