Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5 9SD
How much crime is recorded in HD5 9SD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dalton Long Lane
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,666 (2024)
How safe is HD5 9SD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD5 9SD 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
40.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
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 9SDNational
Violence and sexual offences34.523.6
Criminal damage and arson6.34.7
Public order6.24.6
Anti-social behaviour5.310.7
Drugs4.72.4
Burglary3.69.1
Other theft3.34.5
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Robbery1.51.4
Possession of weapons1.30.9
Other crime1.21.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.