Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5 8BP
How much crime is recorded in HD5 8BP, 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
- 1,621 (2024)
HD5 8BPHuddersfield
How safe is HD5 8BP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD5 8BP 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
25
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 8BPNational
Violence and sexual offences10.323.6
Burglary8.59.1
Anti-social behaviour4.110.7
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Other theft2.74.5
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Public order0.24.6
Theft from the person0.22.1
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Other crime0.11.5
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.