Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD3 3RL
How much crime is recorded in HD3 3RL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- North Lindley & Birchencliffe
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,452 (2024)
How safe is HD3 3RL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD3 3RL 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
28.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
57
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).
HD3 3RLNational
Violence and sexual offences22.223.6
Burglary10.79.1
Public order9.14.6
Other theft5.34.5
Criminal damage and arson5.24.7
Shoplifting2.68.4
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Drugs2.42.4
Other crime2.01.5
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.