Postcode district · Hebden Bridge
Crime in HX7
How much crime is recorded in HX7, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Calderdale
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 13,843 (2024)
HX7Postcode district · Hebden Bridge
How safe is HX7
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in HX7, 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
46
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).
HX7National
Violence and sexual offences16.523.6
Burglary10.09.1
Criminal damage and arson5.34.7
Anti-social behaviour5.110.7
Public order4.64.6
Other theft3.54.5
Shoplifting2.88.4
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Other crime2.21.5
Drugs1.22.4
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.31.4
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.