Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5 8BJ
How much crime is recorded in HD5 8BJ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,530 (2024)
HD5 8BJHuddersfield
How safe is HD5 8BJ
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD5 8BJ 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
35.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
64
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 8BJNational
Violence and sexual offences25.623.6
Burglary11.29.1
Other theft6.74.5
Anti-social behaviour6.610.7
Criminal damage and arson6.34.7
Vehicle crime5.73.5
Public order2.74.6
Drugs2.32.4
Shoplifting1.98.4
Other crime1.41.5
Theft from the person0.92.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 7% 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.