# Shelf and Northowram Town in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber. Shelf and Northowram is a town in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £234,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 48.9 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63000879. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) Shelf and Northowram is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Shelf and Northowram 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: £234,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Shelf and Northowram was £234,500 in 2025. Joint 395th 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/shelf-and-northowram#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 9,191** (2021). Shelf and Northowram had 9,191 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 176th least 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/shelf-and-northowram#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Shelf and Northowram 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/shelf-and-northowram#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.4%** (January 2026). In Shelf and Northowram, 88.4% 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/shelf-and-northowram#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000879) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Shelf and Northowram 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=E63000879) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 178 homes were sold in Shelf and Northowram in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000879) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Shelf and Northowram. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000879) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Shelf and Northowram had 9,191 usual residents at the census. ## How Shelf and Northowram compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Shelf and Northowram | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £234,500 | 35th most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 | | Population | 9,191 | 17th least 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 | 88.4% | 12th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 | ## Is Shelf and Northowram safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shelf and Northowram at a rate of 48.9 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, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shelf and Northowram. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (175), other crime (94) and vehicle crime (52). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Shelf and Northowram was 60.7 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 Shelf and Northowram, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Shelf and Northowram has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Shelf and Northowram | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Calderdale 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010931) | 1,421 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.0% | | [Calderdale 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010932) | 1,551 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% | | [Calderdale 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010933) | 1,675 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 67.3% | | [Calderdale 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010935) | 1,402 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% | | [Calderdale 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010936) | 2,017 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% | | [Calderdale 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/neighbourhood/e01010937) | 1,499 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% | ## 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 Shelf and Northowram [HX3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx3) ## Middle areas in Shelf and Northowram [Northowram & Shelf](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale/northowram-and-shelf) ## Towns near Shelf and Northowram [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Brighouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brighouse), [Halifax](https://openindex.co.uk/town/halifax), [Queensbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/queensbury), [Elland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/elland), [Cleckheaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleckheaton) ## Shelf and Northowram in brief Shelf and Northowram is a town in Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber. About 9,271 people lived in Shelf and Northowram in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £234,500 in 2025 across 178 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Shelf and Northowram was £234,500 in 2025. Shelf and Northowram had 9,191 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Shelf and Northowram live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Shelf and Northowram, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000879 - 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: 2.50 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,271* - Neighbourhoods: 6 - Output areas: 32 * 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 [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Brighouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brighouse), [Halifax](https://openindex.co.uk/town/halifax), [Queensbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/queensbury), [Elland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/elland), [Cleckheaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleckheaton) ## Latest updates for Shelf and Northowram - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000879 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/shelf-and-northowram, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/shelf-and-northowram#f-house-sales-median-price. 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