Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD8 8RU
How much crime is recorded in HD8 8RU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,821 (2024)
HD8 8RUHuddersfield
How safe is HD8 8RU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD8 8RU 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
16.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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 8RUNational
Violence and sexual offences11.423.6
Burglary9.09.1
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Other theft2.44.5
Public order2.34.6
Vehicle crime2.13.5
Drugs1.72.4
Other crime0.61.5
Anti-social behaviour0.210.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 42% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
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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.