HX2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Halifax, Illingworth and Mixenden, in Calderdale.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an HX2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HX2, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HX2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HX2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HX2 at a rate of 111.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.8 per 1,000 people across HX.
In August 2026 alone, 369 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HX2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,861), other crime (785) and anti-social behaviour (523).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HX2 was 118.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in HX2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HX2 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HX2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderdale 001A | 1,741 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| Calderdale 001B | 1,530 | 178.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Calderdale 001C | 1,295 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Calderdale 001D | 1,507 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Calderdale 002A | 1,614 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Calderdale 002B | 1,068 | 175.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| Calderdale 002C | 1,512 | 156.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.6% |
| Calderdale 002D | 1,204 | 198.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Calderdale 005A | 1,556 | 238.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.6% |
| Calderdale 005C | 1,391 | 137.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Calderdale 005D | 1,778 | 174.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Calderdale 007D | 1,600 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 60.0% |
| Calderdale 007E | 1,621 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Calderdale 009A | 2,265 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| Calderdale 009B | 1,468 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Calderdale 009C | 1,495 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.9% |
| Calderdale 009D | 1,552 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.9% |
| Calderdale 010B | 1,679 | 166.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Calderdale 010C | 1,783 | 164.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Calderdale 016D | 1,835 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| Calderdale 017A | 1,468 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.3% |
| Calderdale 020A | 1,815 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.3% |
MPs for HX2
- Kate DeardenLabour (Co-op)MP for Halifax76% of HX2’s postcodes
- Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourMP for Calder Valley24% of HX2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in HX24
Postcode sectors in HX25
Council1
Towns in HX21
Postcode districts next to HX26
Nearest rail stations2
More in the HX postcode area2
HX2 in brief
HX2 is a postcode district covering Halifax, Illingworth and Mixenden, in Calderdale.
About 38,711 people lived in HX2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 519 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HX2 was £180,000 in 2025.
HX2 had 37,638 usual residents at the census.
In HX2, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HX2, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.