# HD8

Postcode district covering Skelmanthorpe and Lepton, in Kirklees.

HD8 is a postcode district covering Skelmanthorpe and Lepton, in Kirklees. Median sale price £275,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 44.7 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code HD8. 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 HD8 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £275,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HD8 was £275,000 in 2025. Joint 940th 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/hd8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 33,665** (2021). HD8 had 33,665 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 719th 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/hd8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 20%** (2022). About 20% of people in HD8 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/hd8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.7%** (January 2026). In HD8, 96.7% 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/hd8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=HD8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 20% of people in HD8 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=HD8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 627 homes were sold in HD8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=HD8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for HD8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=HD8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): HD8 had 33,665 usual residents at the census.

## How HD8 compares

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

| Measure | HD8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £275,000 | 2nd most expensive | 9 postcode districts, HD · 2025 |
| Population | 33,665 | 2nd most populated | 9 postcode districts, HD · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 20% | fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 9 postcode districts, HD · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.7% | 4th highest | 9 postcode districts, HD · Jan 2026 |

## Is HD8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HD8 at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.0 per 1,000 people across the HD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 126 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HD8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (637), other crime (327) and anti-social behaviour (200).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HD8 was 44.2 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 HD8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HD8 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 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 HD8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kirklees 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011200) | 2,285 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.0% |
| [Kirklees 046A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011191) | 1,538 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Kirklees 046B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011192) | 1,569 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| [Kirklees 046D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011194) | 1,299 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 051A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011190) | 1,589 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| [Kirklees 051C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011196) | 1,945 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Kirklees 051D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011197) | 1,504 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| [Kirklees 054A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011109) | 1,900 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| [Kirklees 054B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011113) | 1,540 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| [Kirklees 054C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011114) | 1,695 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| [Kirklees 054D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011119) | 1,434 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| [Kirklees 056A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011118) | 1,521 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| [Kirklees 056B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011120) | 1,422 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| [Kirklees 056C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011198) | 1,585 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [Kirklees 056D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011199) | 1,484 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| [Kirklees 057A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011110) | 1,464 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.4% |
| [Kirklees 057B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011111) | 1,875 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| [Kirklees 057C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011112) | 1,609 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Kirklees 057D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011115) | 1,829 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.4% |
| [Kirklees 057E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011116) | 1,572 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Kirklees 057F](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011117) | 1,715 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |

## Your MP

- [Ossett and Denby Dale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ossett-and-denby-dale): Jade Botterill (Labour), MP since July 2024. 82% of the people here.
- [Huddersfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/huddersfield): Harpreet Uppal (Labour), MP since July 2024. 14% of the people here.
- [Dewsbury and Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dewsbury-and-batley): Iqbal Mohamed (Independent), MP since July 2024. 2.6% of the people here.
- [Colne Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/colne-valley): Paul Davies (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.7% of the people here.
- [Penistone and Stocksbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/penistone-and-stocksbridge): Dr Marie Tidball (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% 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 HD8

[Denby Dale, Cumberworth & Clayton West](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/denby-dale-cumberworth-and-clayton-west), [Emley & Skelmanthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/emley-and-skelmanthorpe), [Kirkburton & Farnley Tyas](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/kirkburton-and-farnley-tyas), [Lepton, Grange Moor & Flockton](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/lepton-grange-moor-and-flockton), [Shelley & Shepley](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/shelley-and-shepley)

## Postcode sectors in HD8

[HD8 0 (284 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd8-0), [HD8 1 (26 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd8-1), [HD8 8 (329 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd8-8), [HD8 9 (305 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd8-9)

## Council

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

## Postcode districts next to HD8

[HD4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd4), [HD5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd5), [HD9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd9), [S36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s36), [S75](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s75), [WF4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf4), [WF12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf12), [WF14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf14)

## Nearest rail stations

[Denby Dale (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.6632,53.5726), [Shepley (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.7049,53.5887), [Stocksmoor (3.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.7232,53.5941)

## 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)

## HD8 in brief

HD8 is a postcode district covering Skelmanthorpe and Lepton, in Kirklees.
About 34,000 people lived in HD8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 627 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HD8 was £275,000 in 2025.
HD8 had 33,665 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in HD8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HD8, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: HD8
- Postcode area: [HD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd)
- Constituency: [Ossett and Denby Dale †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ossett-and-denby-dale)
- Council: [Kirklees †](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)
- Area: 73.41 km²
- People, mid-2024: 34,000*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 106

* 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

[WF4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf4), [HD4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd4), [HD5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd5), [S75](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s75), [S36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s36), [HD9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd9)

## Latest updates for HD8

- 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/HD8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd8#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd8