Crap Towns / Huddersfield / Crime

How much crime is there in Huddersfield?

The police recorded 115 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Huddersfield from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 54.2. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 112, down from 118 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	118	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	115	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	112	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	54.2	34.1
Public order	12.2	6.6
Other theft	8.5	5.4
Criminal damage and arson	8.3	7.0
Shoplifting	8.2	7.1
Drugs	5.5	2.4
Vehicle crime	5.1	3.8
Burglary	5.1	3.1
Other crime	3.6	2.0
Possession of weapons	1.5	0.8
Robbery	1.3	0.6
Theft from the person	1.1	0.4
Bicycle theft	0.4	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Cleckheaton	9.9 km	125
Huddersfield	–	115
Heckmondwike	10.7 km	115
Elland	5.2 km	93.6
Brighouse	6.3 km	91.6
Liversedge	8.9 km	79.9
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite	5.5 km	70.7
Mirfield	7.1 km	67.3
Meltham	7.0 km	61.7
Shelf and Northowram	10.8 km	51.5
Honley	6.9 km	48.3
The typical town	–	76.2