Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD4 6YD
How much crime is recorded in HD4 6YD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shelley & Shepley
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,593 (2024)
How safe is HD4 6YD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 12.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD4 6YD area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
12.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
22
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).
HD4 6YDNational
Violence and sexual offences10.123.6
Burglary6.69.1
Other theft4.24.5
Anti-social behaviour2.310.7
Other crime1.61.5
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Criminal damage and arson0.64.7
Public order0.54.6
Drugs0.22.4
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.