Crime Rates at High Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2LE

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 6th highest crime rate of 1,332 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 High Street (HD1 2LE) in the last 12 months was 1523.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1464.7% higher than the Ashbrow average (97.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 367 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -24.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 538 (≈ 763.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (HD1 2LE), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 399 crimes here, including 226 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.