Postcode · Sowerby Bridge
Crime in HX6 4EB
How much crime is recorded in HX6 4EB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ripponden, Rishworth & Barkisland
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,467 (2024)
HX6 4EBSowerby Bridge
How safe is HX6 4EB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX6 4EB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
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 4EBNational
Violence and sexual offences12.123.6
Burglary6.09.1
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Vehicle crime2.13.5
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Other theft1.44.5
Public order0.94.6
Other crime0.81.5
Drugs0.52.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 57% 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.