HD9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Honley and Meltham, 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 HD9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In HD9, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How HD9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HD9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HD9 at a rate of 55.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.0 per 1,000 people across HD.
In August 2026 alone, 169 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HD9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (933), other crime (367) and anti-social behaviour (260).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HD9 was 59.0 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 HD9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HD9 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HD9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 053A | 1,407 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.7% |
| Kirklees 053B | 1,886 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.2% |
| Kirklees 053E | 1,210 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Kirklees 053F | 1,377 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.6% |
| Kirklees 053G | 2,341 | 81.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.6% |
| Kirklees 055A | 1,631 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.7% |
| Kirklees 055B | 1,826 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| Kirklees 055C | 1,747 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| Kirklees 055D | 2,027 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.9% |
| Kirklees 055E | 1,873 | 125.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| Kirklees 058A | 1,894 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.5% |
| Kirklees 058B | 1,664 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.8% |
| Kirklees 058C | 1,813 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.4% |
| Kirklees 058D | 1,647 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Kirklees 059A | 1,677 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.1% |
| Kirklees 059B | 1,744 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 54.8% |
| Kirklees 059C | 2,254 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.6% |
| Kirklees 059D | 1,400 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.1% |
| Kirklees 059E | 1,596 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Kirklees 059F | 1,669 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.3% |
| Kirklees 059G | 1,857 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.2% |
MPs for HD9
- Paul DaviesLabourMP for Colne Valley99% of HD9’s postcodes
- Dr Marie TidballLabourMP for Penistone and Stocksbridge0.8% of HD9’s postcodes
- Harpreet UppalLabourMP for Huddersfield0.1% of HD9’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.
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Council1
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Nearest rail stations3
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HD9 in brief
HD9 is a postcode district covering Honley and Meltham, in Kirklees.
About 37,185 people lived in HD9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £282,750 in 2025 across 676 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HD9 was £282,750 in 2025.
HD9 had 36,312 usual residents at the census.
In HD9, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In HD9, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.