Postcode district · Sowerby Bridge
Crime in HX6
How much crime is recorded in HX6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 26,261 (2024)
HX6Postcode district · Sowerby Bridge
How safe is HX6
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 31.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in HX6, 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
31.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
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).
HX6National
Violence and sexual offences24.123.6
Burglary9.39.1
Anti-social behaviour8.910.7
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Public order4.44.6
Other theft3.54.5
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Shoplifting3.08.4
Other crime2.41.5
Drugs1.72.4
Robbery0.71.4
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.