HX5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Elland and Heathfield, 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 HX5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in HX5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HX5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HX5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HX5 at a rate of 144.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.8 per 1,000 people across the HX postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 111 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HX5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (563), anti-social behaviour (310) and other crime (281).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HX5 was 153.8 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 HX5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HX5 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HX5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderdale 024B | 1,902 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Calderdale 025A | 1,706 | 240.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.0% |
| Calderdale 025B | 1,773 | 173.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.4% |
| Calderdale 025C | 1,446 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Calderdale 025D | 1,821 | 214.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Calderdale 025E | 1,865 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.2% |
MPs for HX5
- Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourMP for Calder Valley100% of HX5’s postcodes
- Kate DeardenLabour (Co-op)MP for Halifax0.3% of HX5’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 HX51
Postcode sectors in HX52
Council1
Towns in HX51
Postcode districts next to HX55
Nearest rail stations4
More in the HX postcode area2
HX5 in brief
HX5 is a postcode district covering Elland and Heathfield, in Calderdale.
About 10,761 people lived in HX5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 137 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 144.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HX5 was £195,000 in 2025.
HX5 had 10,716 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in HX5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HX5, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.