Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD7 9BG
How much crime is recorded in HD7 9BG, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Slaithwaite & Linthwaite
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,573 (2024)
HD7 9BGHuddersfield
How safe is HD7 9BG
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 44.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD7 9BG area, 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
44.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
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 9BGNational
Violence and sexual offences33.023.6
Burglary10.29.1
Vehicle crime5.93.5
Public order5.74.6
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Other theft2.54.5
Other crime2.21.5
Anti-social behaviour2.110.7
Possession of weapons1.90.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Drugs0.42.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.18.4
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.