Postcode · Huddersfield
Crime in HD8 9SX
How much crime is recorded in HD8 9SX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Emley & Skelmanthorpe
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,995 (2024)
HD8 9SXHuddersfield
How safe is HD8 9SX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 13.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the HD8 9SX area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
13.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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 9SXNational
Burglary11.29.1
Violence and sexual offences8.623.6
Anti-social behaviour4.910.7
Public order3.74.6
Other crime1.91.5
Criminal damage and arson1.64.7
Other theft1.64.5
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Shoplifting0.18.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% 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.