HX6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Friendly and Ripponden, 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 HX6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in HX6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HX6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HX6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HX6 at a rate of 92.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.8 per 1,000 people across the HX postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 131 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HX6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (734), other crime (330) and anti-social behaviour (277).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HX6 was 98.2 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 HX6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HX6 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HX6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderdale 017B | 1,869 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| Calderdale 017C | 1,387 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.2% |
| Calderdale 017D | 1,383 | 275.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 71.8% |
| Calderdale 017E | 1,495 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Calderdale 017F | 1,457 | 92.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.1% |
| Calderdale 020B | 1,634 | 74.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.8% |
| Calderdale 020C | 1,323 | 211.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Calderdale 020D | 1,725 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Calderdale 027A | 1,635 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 65.4% |
| Calderdale 027C | 2,491 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.6% |
| Calderdale 027D | 1,404 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.3% |
| Calderdale 027E | 1,481 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
MPs for HX6
- Kate DeardenLabour (Co-op)MP for Halifax60% of HX6’s postcodes
- Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourMP for Calder Valley40% of HX6’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 HX63
Postcode sectors in HX64
Council1
Towns in HX61
Postcode districts next to HX69
More in the HX postcode area2
HX6 in brief
HX6 is a postcode district covering Friendly and Ripponden, in Calderdale.
About 18,998 people lived in HX6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 341 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HX6 was £190,000 in 2025.
HX6 had 18,771 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in HX6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HX6, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.