# Halifax

Town in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Halifax is a town in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £155,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 153.0 per 1,000 people. About 91,611 people.

Town. Code E63000900. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale)

Halifax is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Halifax add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £155,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Halifax was £155,000 in 2025. Joint 66th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/halifax#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 88,111** (2021). Halifax had 88,111 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 121st most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/halifax#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Halifax live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/halifax#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.4%** (January 2026). In Halifax, 91.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/halifax#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000900) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Halifax live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000900) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,138 homes were sold in Halifax in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000900) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Halifax.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000900) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Halifax had 88,111 usual residents at the census.

## How Halifax compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Halifax | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £155,000 | joint 8th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 88,111 | 8th most populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.4% | 18th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Halifax safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Halifax at a rate of 153.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,204 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Halifax.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (5,912), other crime (2,703) and anti-social behaviour (1,442).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Halifax was 160.5 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 Halifax, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Halifax has no single figure. Of its 57 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 23 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Halifax

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Calderdale 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010911) | 1,741 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| [Calderdale 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010912) | 1,530 | 178.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Calderdale 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010913) | 1,295 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Calderdale 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010915) | 1,507 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| [Calderdale 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010914) | 1,614 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| [Calderdale 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010924) | 1,068 | 175.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| [Calderdale 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010925) | 1,512 | 156.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.6% |
| [Calderdale 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010926) | 1,204 | 198.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Calderdale 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010916) | 1,556 | 238.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.6% |
| [Calderdale 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010939) | 1,659 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.2% |
| [Calderdale 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010941) | 1,391 | 137.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| [Calderdale 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010942) | 1,778 | 174.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Calderdale 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010944) | 1,396 | 158.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| [Calderdale 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010938) | 1,523 | 160.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Calderdale 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010940) | 1,422 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Calderdale 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010943) | 1,474 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Calderdale 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010961) | 1,193 | 156.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| [Calderdale 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010934) | 1,955 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.3% |
| [Calderdale 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010967) | 1,514 | 180.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.6% |
| [Calderdale 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01032923) | 2,129 | 184.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.7% |
| [Calderdale 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01034582) | 1,306 | 1,527.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 56.9% |
| [Calderdale 008H](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01034583) | 1,039 | 320.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 47.0% |
| [Calderdale 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010928) | 1,468 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Calderdale 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010997) | 1,495 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.9% |
| [Calderdale 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010999) | 1,552 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.9% |
| [Calderdale 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010929) | 2,729 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| [Calderdale 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010930) | 1,679 | 166.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| [Calderdale 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010998) | 1,783 | 164.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Calderdale 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01011000) | 2,413 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Calderdale 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010960) | 1,605 | 291.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| [Calderdale 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010964) | 1,614 | 199.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| [Calderdale 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010965) | 1,400 | 277.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| [Calderdale 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010966) | 1,737 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Calderdale 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010995) | 1,360 | 165.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| [Calderdale 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010996) | 1,495 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| [Calderdale 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01011001) | 1,687 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Calderdale 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01011002) | 1,865 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| [Calderdale 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01011003) | 1,497 | 130.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Calderdale 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010969) | 1,760 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.8% |
| [Calderdale 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010970) | 2,027 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| [Calderdale 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010974) | 1,516 | 189.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| [Calderdale 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010977) | 1,835 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| [Calderdale 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010975) | 1,468 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.3% |
| [Calderdale 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010976) | 1,869 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| [Calderdale 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010978) | 1,387 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.2% |
| [Calderdale 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010980) | 1,495 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Calderdale 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010981) | 1,457 | 92.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.1% |
| [Calderdale 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010989) | 1,471 | 173.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.4% |
| [Calderdale 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010990) | 1,604 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| [Calderdale 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010991) | 1,423 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| [Calderdale 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010992) | 1,711 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| [Calderdale 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010993) | 1,722 | 127.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| [Calderdale 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010922) | 1,815 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.3% |
| [Calderdale 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010968) | 1,765 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.1% |
| [Calderdale 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010971) | 1,943 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| [Calderdale 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010972) | 1,613 | 209.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| [Calderdale 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010973) | 1,744 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |

## Your MP

- [Halifax](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/halifax): Kate Dearden (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale)

## Postcode districts covering Halifax

[HX1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx1), [HX2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx2), [HX3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx3), [HX6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx6)

## Middle areas in Halifax

[Central Halifax & Boothtown](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/central-halifax-and-boothtown), [Illingworth & Ogden](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/illingworth-and-ogden), [King Cross](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/king-cross), [Mixenden](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/mixenden), [Norton Tower & Mount Tabor](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/norton-tower-and-mount-tabor), [Ovenden East](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/ovenden-east), [Pellon East](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/pellon-east), [Pellon West & Highroad Well](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/pellon-west-and-highroad-well), [Savile Park](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/savile-park), [Skircoat Green](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/skircoat-green), [Southowram & Siddal](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/southowram-and-siddal), [Sowerby Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/sowerby-bridge), [Wheatley & Ovenden West](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/wheatley-and-ovenden-west)

## Towns near Halifax

[Shelf and Northowram](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shelf-and-northowram), [Elland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/elland), [Queensbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/queensbury), [Brighouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brighouse), [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Huddersfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/huddersfield)

## Halifax in brief

Halifax is a town in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 91,611 people lived in Halifax in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £155,000 in 2025 across 1,138 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 153.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Halifax was £155,000 in 2025.
Halifax had 88,111 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Halifax live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Halifax, 91.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000900
- Constituency: [Halifax †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/halifax)
- Council: [Calderdale †](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 19.86 km²
- People, mid-2024: 91,611*
- Neighbourhoods: 57
- Output areas: 277

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Shelf and Northowram](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shelf-and-northowram), [Elland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/elland), [Queensbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/queensbury), [Brighouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brighouse), [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Huddersfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/huddersfield)

## Latest updates for Halifax

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000900

## How to cite

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