Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD8 9DB
How much crime is recorded in HD8 9DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Emley & Skelmanthorpe
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,753 (2024)
HD8 9DBHuddersfield
How safe is HD8 9DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD8 9DB area, 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
22.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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 9DBNational
Violence and sexual offences18.823.6
Burglary8.09.1
Public order6.14.6
Anti-social behaviour5.810.7
Other crime2.71.5
Other theft1.64.5
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Criminal damage and arson0.54.7
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.