Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD3 3SW
How much crime is recorded in HD3 3SW, 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
- 1,923 (2024)
HD3 3SWHuddersfield
How safe is HD3 3SW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD3 3SW area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
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 3SWNational
Violence and sexual offences14.323.6
Burglary6.99.1
Vehicle crime4.33.5
Anti-social behaviour3.110.7
Other crime2.51.5
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Public order2.24.6
Other theft1.54.5
Drugs0.92.4
Robbery0.51.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.