Postcode district · Huddersfield
Crime in HD5
How much crime is recorded in HD5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 45,030 (2024)
HD5Postcode district · Huddersfield
How safe is HD5
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 44.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in HD5, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
8/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
44.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
94
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).
HD5National
Violence and sexual offences35.323.6
Shoplifting15.98.4
Burglary12.89.1
Anti-social behaviour9.810.7
Public order8.14.6
Other theft6.14.5
Criminal damage and arson6.14.7
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Drugs3.52.4
Other crime2.71.5
Robbery1.81.4
Theft from the person1.42.1
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
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.