Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD8 9RS
How much crime is recorded in HD8 9RS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Emley & Skelmanthorpe
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,444 (2024)
HD8 9RSHuddersfield
How safe is HD8 9RS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD8 9RS 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
16.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
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 9RSNational
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Other crime2.21.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Drugs1.72.4
Burglary1.79.1
Public order1.64.6
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Other theft1.14.5
Anti-social behaviour0.610.7
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.