Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5 9NT
How much crime is recorded in HD5 9NT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Rawthorpe
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,530 (2024)
How safe is HD5 9NT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD5 9NT area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
51
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 9NTNational
Violence and sexual offences25.923.6
Other theft5.14.5
Public order4.34.6
Anti-social behaviour3.110.7
Shoplifting2.98.4
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Other crime2.41.5
Possession of weapons1.50.9
Burglary1.29.1
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Drugs1.02.4
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 17% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.