Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD4 7DF
How much crime is recorded in HD4 7DF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Meltham
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,067 (2024)
HD4 7DFHuddersfield
How safe is HD4 7DF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD4 7DF area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 7DFNational
Violence and sexual offences13.423.6
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Burglary3.49.1
Anti-social behaviour3.210.7
Public order1.84.6
Other theft1.84.5
Other crime1.51.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Drugs0.72.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% 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.