Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD7 5JS
How much crime is recorded in HD7 5JS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Slaithwaite & Linthwaite
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,593 (2024)
HD7 5JSHuddersfield
How safe is HD7 5JS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD7 5JS 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
35.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
80
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 5JSNational
Violence and sexual offences29.623.6
Shoplifting21.38.4
Anti-social behaviour7.610.7
Burglary5.99.1
Public order5.14.6
Other crime3.11.5
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Drugs1.82.4
Other theft1.64.5
Bicycle theft1.21.0
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.