Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5 9DP
How much crime is recorded in HD5 9DP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Rawthorpe
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,694 (2024)
How safe is HD5 9DP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD5 9DP area, broadly in line with 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
33.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
55
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 9DPNational
Violence and sexual offences26.723.6
Burglary9.09.1
Public order5.04.6
Criminal damage and arson4.54.7
Anti-social behaviour4.310.7
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Other theft2.94.5
Shoplifting2.38.4
Other crime1.51.5
Drugs0.92.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 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.