Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD3 3WX
How much crime is recorded in HD3 3WX, 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
- 2,004 (2024)
HD3 3WXHuddersfield
How safe is HD3 3WX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD3 3WX area, 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
22.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
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 3WXNational
Violence and sexual offences17.923.6
Burglary7.59.1
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Other theft2.04.5
Drugs1.92.4
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Public order1.74.6
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Other crime1.31.5
Robbery0.21.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 14% 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.