Total Crime Rate

1311.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1311.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 404.4 10/10
  • Public order 182.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 173.3 10/10
  • Other theft 128.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 111.1 10/10
  • Drugs 71.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 53.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.4 10/10
  • Burglary 35.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 26.7 10/10
  • Other crime 22.2 10/10
  • Robbery 22.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Half Moon Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Half Moon Street (HD1 2JD) in the last 12 months was 1311.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1182.8% higher than the Ashbrow average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 91 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 56.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 141 (≈ 626.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Half Moon Street (HD1 2JD), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 360 crimes here, including 197 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Half Moon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Huddersfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Back Greenhead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Huddersfield Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Huddersfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huddersfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson John William Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John William Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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