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Crime in HX7 8

How much crime is recorded in HX7 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Calderdale
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Population
9,340 (2024)
Crime

How safe is HX7 8

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 23.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in HX7 8, 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
23.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
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).

HX7 8National
Violence and sexual offences17.223.6
Burglary9.49.1
Anti-social behaviour6.410.7
Criminal damage and arson5.74.7
Public order5.34.6
Other theft3.74.5
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Other crime2.11.5
Drugs1.22.4
Shoplifting0.98.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.31.4
Theft from the person0.22.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat 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.

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