Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD8 9DR
How much crime is recorded in HD8 9DR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Emley & Skelmanthorpe
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,720 (2024)
HD8 9DRHuddersfield
How safe is HD8 9DR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD8 9DR 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
24.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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 9DRNational
Violence and sexual offences18.123.6
Burglary14.69.1
Anti-social behaviour6.110.7
Public order4.14.6
Other crime2.01.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Other theft0.94.5
Shoplifting0.88.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 40% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.