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Crime in HX6 3

How much crime is recorded in HX6 3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Calderdale
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Population
10,758 (2024)
Crime

How safe is HX6 3

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in HX6 3, 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
40.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
79
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

HX6 3National
Violence and sexual offences31.823.6
Anti-social behaviour14.110.7
Burglary11.49.1
Public order6.24.6
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Other theft5.24.5
Shoplifting4.88.4
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Other crime2.81.5
Drugs2.02.4
Theft from the person1.02.1
Robbery1.01.4
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 16% 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.

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