HX1 2LR

Halifax Town · Calderdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Halifax
Local authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax
Postcode district
HX1
Postcode sector
HX1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HX1 2LS 0 m
HX1 2LZ 0 m
HX1 2LW 38 m
HX1 2LT 48 m
HX1 2LJ 49 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HX1 2LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2007
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HX
Postcode district
HX1
Postcode sector
HX1 2
Latitude
53.719685
Longitude
-1.858218
British National Grid easting
409,454
British National Grid northing
424,816

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Calderdale · E08000033
Parish or community
E43000293
Westminster constituency
Halifax · E14001262
Output area
E00055407
Lower layer super output area
Calderdale 008G · E01034582
Middle layer super output area
Calderdale 008 · E02002251

Postcode source versions

Explore HX1

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Drill Hall, 13, Prescott Street, Halifax, HX1 2LR 3 July 2025 £58,500
The Drill Hall, 7, Prescott Street, Halifax, HX1 2LR 23 March 2022 £47,000
The Drill Hall, 11, Prescott Street, Halifax, HX1 2LR 16 February 2018 £79,800

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
68
Primary
45
Secondary
8
  1. Trinity Sixth Form Academy

    Free schools 16 to 19

    515 m
  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    820 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,041
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,353
  • Shoplifting 699
  • Public order 632
  • Criminal damage and arson 403
  • Anti social behaviour 388

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

5 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.5
HX1 2 residents
4,910

Age bands in HX1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

766 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

447 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.4%

1,383 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.3%

983 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

822 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HX1 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
90%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
90%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90%
Gigabit-capable
90%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
90%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

12

within 5 km

  • LISTER LANE SURGERY

    30 LISTER LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 5AX

    ODS code B84612

    579 m

  • THE BOULEVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    116 SAVILE PARK ROAD, HALIFAX, HX1 2ES

    ODS code B84019

    735 m

  • CARITAS GROUP PRACTICE

    WOODSIDE SURGERY, WOODSIDE ROAD, BOOTHTOWN, HALIFAX, HX3 6EL

    ODS code B84618

    1.3 km

  • KING CROSS PRACTICE

    KING CROSS SURGERY, 199 KING CROSS ROAD, KING CROSS, HALIFAX, HX1 3LW

    ODS code B84021

    1.5 km

  • SPRING HALL GROUP PRACTICE

    173C SPRING HALL LANE, HALIFAX, HX1 4JG

    ODS code B84012

    2.3 km

  • PLANE TREES GROUP PRACTICE

    51 SANDBEDS ROAD, HALIFAX, HX2 0QL

    ODS code B84013

    2.7 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    60A KEIGHLEY ROAD, OVENDEN, HALIFAX, HX2 8AL

    ODS code B84613

    3.0 km

  • THE NORTHOLME PRACTICE

    KOS CLINIC, 4 ROYDLANDS STREET, HIPPERHOLME, HALIFAX, HX3 8AF

    ODS code B84008

    3.3 km

  • STATION ROAD SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, SOWERBY BRIDGE, HX6 3AB

    ODS code B84001

    3.7 km

  • STAINLAND ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    70 STAINLAND ROAD, GREETLAND, HALIFAX, HX4 8BD

    ODS code B84009

    3.8 km

  • BANKFIELD SURGERY

    15 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, ELLAND, HX5 9BA

    ODS code B84016

    4.0 km

  • KEIGHLEY ROAD SURGERY

    KEIGHLEY ROAD, ILLINGWORTH, HALIFAX, HX2 9LL

    ODS code B84010

    4.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Union Street Hall

    BCT · Halifax Town Centre

    0.0 miles
  • Union Street Hall

    BCT · Halifax Town Centre

    0.0 miles
  • Prescott Street

    BCT · Halifax Town Centre

    0.0 miles
  • Union Street Prescott St

    BCT · Halifax Town Centre

    0.0 miles
  • Lilly Lane

    BCT · Halifax Town Centre

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Calderdale 008G, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

931 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £52,750 from 2 recorded sales in HX1 2LR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Calderdale is £191,540 in June 2026, up 9.4% year on year.

Schools

68 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 8 secondary schools. Trinity Sixth Form Academy is the nearest published school at 515 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

6,041 published events cover 12 months, averaging 503.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,353 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.