HX1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Halifax and King Cross, 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 HX1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in HX1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HX1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HX1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HX1 at a rate of 235.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.8 per 1,000 people across the HX postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 599 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HX1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,416), other crime (1,252) and shoplifting (768).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HX1 was 237.4 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 HX1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HX1 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HX1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderdale 008G | 1,306 | 1,527.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 56.9% |
| Calderdale 008H | 1,039 | 320.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 47.0% |
| Calderdale 010A | 2,729 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| Calderdale 010D | 2,413 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Calderdale 012A | 1,605 | 291.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Calderdale 012B | 1,614 | 199.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| Calderdale 012C | 1,400 | 277.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| Calderdale 012D | 1,737 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Calderdale 012E | 1,360 | 165.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| Calderdale 014A | 1,495 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Calderdale 014B | 1,687 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Calderdale 014C | 1,865 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| Calderdale 014D | 1,497 | 130.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Calderdale 016A | 1,760 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.8% |
| Calderdale 016B | 2,027 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| Calderdale 016C | 1,516 | 189.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
Your MP
- Kate DeardenLabour (Co-op)MP for Halifax
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 HX14
Postcode sectors in HX16
Council1
Towns in HX11
Postcode districts next to HX12
Nearest rail stations2
More in the HX postcode area2
HX1 in brief
HX1 is a postcode district covering Halifax and King Cross, in Calderdale.
About 27,270 people lived in HX1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £112,500 in 2025 across 208 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 235.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HX1 was £112,500 in 2025.
HX1 had 25,535 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in HX1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HX1, 84.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.