Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD7 5RW
How much crime is recorded in HD7 5RW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cowlersley & Milnsbridge
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,806 (2024)
HD7 5RWHuddersfield
How safe is HD7 5RW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD7 5RW 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
34.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
57
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 5RWNational
Violence and sexual offences27.223.6
Burglary10.09.1
Criminal damage and arson7.14.7
Other theft5.44.5
Vehicle crime4.23.5
Public order3.64.6
Anti-social behaviour2.310.7
Other crime1.61.5
Drugs1.62.4
Robbery0.71.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Theft from the person0.12.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% 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.