HX4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Elland, Barkisland and Stainland, 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 HX4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in HX4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HX4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HX4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HX4 at a rate of 51.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.8 per 1,000 people across the HX postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HX4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (263), anti-social behaviour (107) and other crime (99).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HX4 was 56.6 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 HX4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HX4 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HX4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderdale 025F | 1,692 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Calderdale 026A | 1,593 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| Calderdale 026B | 1,656 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.9% |
| Calderdale 026C | 1,643 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.7% |
| Calderdale 026D | 1,361 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Calderdale 026E | 1,587 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.7% |
| Calderdale 026F | 1,548 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Calderdale 027B | 1,505 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 74.9% |
MPs for HX4
- Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourMP for Calder Valley99% of HX4’s postcodes
- Paul DaviesLabourMP for Colne Valley0.7% of HX4’s postcodes
- Kate DeardenLabour (Co-op)MP for Halifax0.2% of HX4’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 HX41
Postcode sectors in HX43
Council1
Towns in HX41
Postcode districts next to HX45
Nearest rail stations3
More in the HX postcode area2
HX4 in brief
HX4 is a postcode district covering Elland, Barkisland and Stainland, in Calderdale.
About 12,137 people lived in HX4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 212 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HX4 was £250,000 in 2025.
HX4 had 12,019 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in HX4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HX4, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.