Crime Rates at Matherville, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9DN

Matherville area has the 10th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Denby Dale , and the 446th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Matherville (HD8 9DN) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 94.6% higher than the Denby Dale average (51.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 81.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Matherville (HD8 9DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poplar Rise, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laburnum Grove (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.