Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD8 0FE
How much crime is recorded in HD8 0FE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kirkheaton
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,176 (2024)
HD8 0FEHuddersfield
How safe is HD8 0FE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD8 0FE area, well 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
20.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
62
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).
HD8 0FENational
Shoplifting24.88.4
Violence and sexual offences17.323.6
Burglary7.19.1
Other theft3.84.5
Public order3.74.6
Anti-social behaviour3.510.7
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Other crime1.81.5
Drugs0.92.4
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% 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.