# HD3

Postcode district covering Huddersfield, Salendine Nook and Oakes, in Kirklees.

HD3 is a postcode district covering Huddersfield, Salendine Nook and Oakes, in Kirklees. Median sale price £210,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code HD3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [HD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an HD3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £210,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HD3 was £210,000 in 2025. Joint 447th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 31,382** (2021). HD3 had 31,382 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 845th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 90%** (2022). About 90% of people in HD3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In HD3, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=HD3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 90% of people in HD3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=HD3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 443 homes were sold in HD3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=HD3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for HD3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=HD3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): HD3 had 31,382 usual residents at the census.

## How HD3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | HD3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £210,000 | 5th most expensive | 9 postcode districts, HD · 2025 |
| Population | 31,382 | 3rd most populated | 9 postcode districts, HD · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 90% | 5th most people in radon Affected Areas | 9 postcode districts, HD · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.7% | 4th lowest | 9 postcode districts, HD · Jan 2026 |

## Is HD3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HD3 at a rate of 77.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.0 per 1,000 people across the HD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 177 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HD3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,055), other crime (523) and shoplifting (204).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HD3 was 80.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in HD3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HD3 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in HD3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kirklees 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011210) | 2,084 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [Kirklees 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011201) | 1,723 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| [Kirklees 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011203) | 1,853 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011211) | 1,976 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Kirklees 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01034586) | 1,478 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Kirklees 030F](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01034587) | 1,563 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [Kirklees 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011204) | 1,536 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.8% |
| [Kirklees 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011206) | 1,665 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| [Kirklees 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011208) | 1,626 | 202.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| [Kirklees 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011240) | 1,814 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.3% |
| [Kirklees 036C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011202) | 1,570 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 036D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011205) | 1,593 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.9% |
| [Kirklees 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011150) | 1,643 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| [Kirklees 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011155) | 2,122 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| [Kirklees 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011207) | 1,481 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Kirklees 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011234) | 1,535 | 113.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 041C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011148) | 1,744 | 167.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 045B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011149) | 1,802 | 156.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.5% |

## Your MP

- [Colne Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/colne-valley): Paul Davies (Labour), MP since July 2024. 91% of the people here.
- [Huddersfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/huddersfield): Harpreet Uppal (Labour), MP since July 2024. 5.4% of the people here.
- [Calder Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/calder-valley): Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour), MP since July 2024. 3.6% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in HD3

[Longwood & Quarmby](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/longwood-and-quarmby), [North Lindley & Birchencliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/north-lindley-and-birchencliffe), [Oakes & South Lindley](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/oakes-and-south-lindley), [Scapegoat Hill, Outlane & West Golcar](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/scapegoat-hill-outlane-and-west-golcar)

## Postcode sectors in HD3

[HD3 2 (5 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3-2), [HD3 3 (391 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3-3), [HD3 4 (327 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3-4)

## Council

[Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

## Towns in HD3

[Huddersfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/huddersfield)

## Postcode districts next to HD3

[HD1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd1), [HD2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd2), [HD4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd4), [HD7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd7), [HX4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx4), [HX5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx5)

## Nearest rail stations

[Lockwood (3.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.8008,53.6347), [Huddersfield (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.7847,53.6485), [Berry Brow (4.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.7934,53.6210), [Slaithwaite (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.8816,53.6238)

## More in the HD postcode area

[All HD postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## HD3 in brief

HD3 is a postcode district covering Huddersfield, Salendine Nook and Oakes, in Kirklees.
About 32,525 people lived in HD3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 443 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 77.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HD3 was £210,000 in 2025.
HD3 had 31,382 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in HD3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HD3, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: HD3
- Postcode area: [HD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd)
- Constituency: [Colne Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/colne-valley)
- Council: [Kirklees †](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)
- Area: 12.12 km²
- People, mid-2024: 32,525*
- Neighbourhoods: 18
- Output areas: 104

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[HD7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd7), [HX4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx4), [HD2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd2), [HD1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd1), [HD4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd4), [HX5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hx5)

## Latest updates for HD3

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/HD3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd3