Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD2 2BG
How much crime is recorded in HD2 2BG, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Birkby
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,816 (2024)
HD2 2BGHuddersfield
How safe is HD2 2BG
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD2 2BG area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
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 2BGNational
Burglary21.69.1
Violence and sexual offences19.323.6
Other theft4.44.5
Anti-social behaviour3.310.7
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Public order3.24.6
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Other crime1.11.5
Drugs0.72.4
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% 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.