HD5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Huddersfield, Moldgreen and Kirkheaton, in Kirklees.
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 HD5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HD5, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HD5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HD5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HD5 at a rate of 95.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.0 per 1,000 people across HD.
In August 2026 alone, 270 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HD5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,297), other crime (566) and anti-social behaviour (362).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HD5 was 101.7 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 HD5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HD5 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HD5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 032A | 1,256 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Kirklees 032B | 1,358 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| Kirklees 032C | 1,271 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.9% |
| Kirklees 035A | 1,459 | 167.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Kirklees 035B | 1,579 | 147.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Kirklees 035C | 1,521 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 035D | 1,625 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Kirklees 037A | 1,451 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Kirklees 037B | 1,373 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 037C | 1,647 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 037D | 1,452 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Kirklees 040A | 1,307 | 129.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 040B | 1,488 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 040C | 1,452 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 040D | 1,526 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 042A | 1,752 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.0% |
| Kirklees 042B | 1,910 | 159.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Kirklees 044A | 1,471 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Kirklees 044B | 1,349 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.3% |
| Kirklees 044C | 1,583 | 194.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 044D | 1,480 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
MPs for HD5
- Harpreet UppalLabourMP for Huddersfield82% of HD5’s postcodes
- Kim LeadbeaterLabourMP for Spen Valley17% of HD5’s postcodes
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley0.4% of HD5’s postcodes
- Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourMP for Calder Valley0.3% of HD5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in HD56
Postcode sectors in HD53
Council1
Towns in HD51
Postcode districts next to HD56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the HD postcode area2
HD5 in brief
HD5 is a postcode district covering Huddersfield, Moldgreen and Kirkheaton, in Kirklees.
About 31,901 people lived in HD5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 401 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HD5 was £180,000 in 2025.
HD5 had 31,132 usual residents at the census.
In HD5, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HD5, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.