HX3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Halifax and Hipperholme, 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 HX3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HX3, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HX3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HX3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HX3 at a rate of 92.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.8 per 1,000 people across HX.
In August 2026 alone, 343 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HX3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,986), other crime (873) and anti-social behaviour (400).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HX3 was 107.8 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 HX3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HX3 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HX3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderdale 003A | 1,421 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.0% |
| Calderdale 003B | 1,551 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| Calderdale 003C | 1,675 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 67.3% |
| Calderdale 003D | 1,402 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| Calderdale 003E | 2,017 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% |
| Calderdale 003F | 1,499 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Calderdale 005B | 1,659 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.2% |
| Calderdale 005E | 1,396 | 158.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Calderdale 006A | 1,523 | 160.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Calderdale 006B | 1,422 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Calderdale 006C | 1,474 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Calderdale 006D | 1,193 | 156.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Calderdale 008A | 1,955 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.3% |
| Calderdale 008D | 1,514 | 180.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.6% |
| Calderdale 008F | 2,129 | 184.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.7% |
| Calderdale 011B | 1,427 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Calderdale 011C | 1,475 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.8% |
| Calderdale 011D | 1,728 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.9% |
| Calderdale 015C | 1,951 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| Calderdale 015E | 1,319 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Calderdale 018A | 1,471 | 173.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.4% |
| Calderdale 018B | 1,604 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Calderdale 018C | 1,423 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| Calderdale 018D | 1,711 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Calderdale 018E | 1,722 | 127.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Calderdale 021A | 1,765 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.1% |
| Calderdale 021B | 1,943 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Calderdale 021C | 1,613 | 209.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| Calderdale 021D | 1,744 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
MPs for HX3
- Kate DeardenLabour (Co-op)MP for Halifax80% of HX3’s postcodes
- Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourMP for Calder Valley19% of HX3’s postcodes
- Judith CumminsLabourMP for Bradford South0.2% of HX3’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 HX36
Postcode sectors in HX36
Council1
Towns in HX33
Postcode districts next to HX39
Nearest rail stations3
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HX3 in brief
HX3 is a postcode district covering Halifax and Hipperholme, in Calderdale.
About 46,898 people lived in HX3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 733 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HX3 was £200,000 in 2025.
HX3 had 46,150 usual residents at the census.
In HX3, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HX3, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.