Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5 8TT
How much crime is recorded in HD5 8TT, 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
- 1,354 (2024)
How safe is HD5 8TT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 67.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD5 8TT area, more than double the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 9 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
9/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
67.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
118
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 8TTNational
Violence and sexual offences55.023.6
Burglary18.99.1
Anti-social behaviour13.410.7
Other theft12.54.5
Criminal damage and arson9.24.7
Drugs6.72.4
Other crime3.61.5
Public order3.64.6
Vehicle crime3.03.5
Shoplifting1.28.4
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 5% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
25
50
75
100
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.