Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5 0HP
How much crime is recorded in HD5 0HP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kirkheaton
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,307 (2024)
How safe is HD5 0HP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD5 0HP area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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).
HD5 0HPNational
Violence and sexual offences30.223.6
Public order6.94.6
Burglary6.09.1
Other theft4.44.5
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Other crime3.11.5
Drugs2.22.4
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Robbery1.31.4
Shoplifting0.68.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 40% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.