Postcode · Hebden Bridge
Crime in HX7 5JL
How much crime is recorded in HX7 5JL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Mytholmroyd & Cragg Vale
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,823 (2024)
HX7 5JLHebden Bridge
How safe is HX7 5JL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HX7 5JL area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
HX7 5JLNational
Violence and sexual offences17.523.6
Burglary8.49.1
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Public order4.14.6
Other theft2.94.5
Other crime2.81.5
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Drugs1.12.4
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 7% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.