Crime Rates at Riddings Road, Huddersfield, HD2 1HZ

Riddings Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 291st highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Riddings Road (HD2 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 134.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 187.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riddings Road (HD2 1HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Riddings Rise, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Riddings Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.