Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD7 5PH
How much crime is recorded in HD7 5PH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Slaithwaite & Linthwaite
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,985 (2024)
HD7 5PHHuddersfield
How safe is HD7 5PH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD7 5PH area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 5PHNational
Violence and sexual offences12.423.6
Burglary8.99.1
Anti-social behaviour2.210.7
Other theft2.24.5
Public order1.74.6
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Other crime0.81.5
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.