Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD2 1HT
How much crime is recorded in HD2 1HT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Huddersfield Leeds Road & Fartown
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,900 (2024)
HD2 1HTHuddersfield
How safe is HD2 1HT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 41.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD2 1HT area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
41.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
87
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
HD2 1HTNational
Violence and sexual offences32.023.6
Burglary18.19.1
Public order10.34.6
Anti-social behaviour9.010.7
Other theft7.94.5
Criminal damage and arson7.34.7
Vehicle crime5.93.5
Shoplifting5.88.4
Drugs2.72.4
Other crime2.51.5
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.21.4
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.