Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD7 5DF
How much crime is recorded in HD7 5DF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Slaithwaite & Linthwaite
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,881 (2024)
HD7 5DFHuddersfield
How safe is HD7 5DF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD7 5DF area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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).
HD7 5DFNational
Violence and sexual offences18.523.6
Vehicle crime4.13.5
Burglary3.79.1
Anti-social behaviour3.510.7
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Public order3.14.6
Other crime2.21.5
Other theft2.14.5
Drugs1.32.4
Shoplifting0.48.4
Robbery0.31.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.