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Huddersfield

Town

Town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Huddersfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Huddersfield add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 80% of people in Huddersfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£180,000
Joint 139th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
141,683
78th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
80%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Huddersfield compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

HuddersfieldMiddle
Median sale price114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025
Median sale price: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from £125,000 to £410,000. The middle area is £207,498. Huddersfield is £180,000.
£180,000joint 33rd cheapest
Population114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021
Population: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from 7,545 to 536,262. The middle area is 14,857. Huddersfield is 141,683.
141,6836th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Huddersfield is 80.0%.
80%joint 37th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in Yorkshire and The Humber114 areas from 76.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 96.2%. Huddersfield is 96.8%.
96.8%joint 48th highest

Is Huddersfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Huddersfield at a rate of 116.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 1,388 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Huddersfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (7,242), other crime (3,500) and anti-social behaviour (1,589).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Huddersfield was 118.7 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 Huddersfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Huddersfield has no single figure. Of its 83 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 19 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 15 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in Huddersfield

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Kirklees 022A1,40143.2 per 1,000999.3%
Kirklees 022B1,478103.0 per 1,0002100.0%
Kirklees 022C1,33352.2 per 1,000998.1%
Kirklees 022D1,38957.3 per 1,000598.3%
Kirklees 025A1,832142.5 per 1,000198.9%
Kirklees 025B1,377133.7 per 1,000294.6%
Kirklees 025C1,633108.5 per 1,0002100.0%
Kirklees 025D2,482109.6 per 1,0002100.0%
Kirklees 027A1,80663.4 per 1,0003100.0%
Kirklees 027B1,61241.4 per 1,000699.9%
Kirklees 027C1,49456.6 per 1,000897.3%
Kirklees 027D2,08435.1 per 1,000899.5%
Kirklees 029A1,794126.6 per 1,0001100.0%
Kirklees 029B1,561115.8 per 1,000299.9%
Kirklees 029C1,631196.8 per 1,000199.5%
Kirklees 029D2,236887.5 per 1,000185.0%
Kirklees 030A1,723122.8 per 1,000591.4%
Kirklees 030B1,85338.0 per 1,0009100.0%
Kirklees 030D1,97643.9 per 1,000899.6%
Kirklees 030E1,47869.6 per 1,000999.4%
Kirklees 030F1,56337.1 per 1,0001099.4%
Kirklees 031A1,91384.8 per 1,000299.6%
Kirklees 031B2,732105.6 per 1,000299.9%
Kirklees 031C1,64949.0 per 1,0003100.0%
Kirklees 031D1,975152.3 per 1,000198.9%
Kirklees 033A1,53631.6 per 1,000991.8%
Kirklees 033B1,66559.8 per 1,000594.4%
Kirklees 033C1,626202.6 per 1,000599.2%
Kirklees 033D1,81491.3 per 1,000496.3%
Kirklees 034A1,445121.3 per 1,0004100.0%
Kirklees 034B1,735199.3 per 1,000289.6%
Kirklees 034C1,737100.5 per 1,000489.7%
Kirklees 034D1,61860.4 per 1,000595.9%
Kirklees 035A1,459167.0 per 1,000199.3%
Kirklees 035B1,579147.3 per 1,000197.7%
Kirklees 035C1,52153.6 per 1,0005100.0%
Kirklees 035D1,62566.7 per 1,000397.6%
Kirklees 036A1,54940.2 per 1,000897.7%
Kirklees 036C1,57060.0 per 1,0005100.0%
Kirklees 037A1,45193.4 per 1,000398.6%
Kirklees 037B1,37388.2 per 1,0005100.0%
Kirklees 037C1,64771.4 per 1,0004100.0%
Kirklees 037D1,45271.8 per 1,000499.8%
Kirklees 038A1,64361.0 per 1,000595.1%
Kirklees 038B2,12238.2 per 1,000893.4%
Kirklees 038C1,48158.4 per 1,000999.5%
Kirklees 038D1,535113.9 per 1,0002100.0%
Kirklees 039A1,569135.1 per 1,000299.2%
Kirklees 039B1,70526.7 per 1,0006100.0%
Kirklees 039C1,866343.8 per 1,000294.8%
Kirklees 039D1,686109.5 per 1,000299.7%
Kirklees 040A1,307129.2 per 1,0001100.0%
Kirklees 040B1,48830.8 per 1,0005100.0%
Kirklees 040C1,45293.5 per 1,000399.9%
Kirklees 040D1,52678.6 per 1,0004100.0%
Kirklees 041A1,43455.7 per 1,0006100.0%
Kirklees 041B1,67976.8 per 1,000598.7%
Kirklees 041C1,744167.1 per 1,0001100.0%
Kirklees 041D1,69145.8 per 1,000793.7%
Kirklees 042A1,75293.3 per 1,000586.0%
Kirklees 042B1,910159.8 per 1,000299.4%
Kirklees 042C1,66493.1 per 1,000398.5%
Kirklees 042D2,799300.4 per 1,000366.5%
Kirklees 043A2,08882.4 per 1,000199.9%
Kirklees 043B1,811158.6 per 1,000199.1%
Kirklees 043C1,86570.9 per 1,0001100.0%
Kirklees 043D2,02691.8 per 1,000299.4%
Kirklees 044A1,47194.4 per 1,000799.5%
Kirklees 044B1,34981.7 per 1,000596.3%
Kirklees 044C1,583194.1 per 1,000299.9%
Kirklees 044D1,48055.8 per 1,000995.3%
Kirklees 045B1,802156.1 per 1,000287.5%
Kirklees 045C1,69098.7 per 1,000498.5%
Kirklees 045D1,601106.8 per 1,000499.9%
Kirklees 047A2,00494.4 per 1,000299.9%
Kirklees 047B1,77756.2 per 1,000599.9%
Kirklees 047C1,98795.9 per 1,000199.9%
Kirklees 047D1,716103.9 per 1,0003100.0%
Kirklees 048A1,79188.3 per 1,000299.7%
Kirklees 048B1,48481.3 per 1,000698.6%
Kirklees 048C1,525172.3 per 1,0001100.0%
Kirklees 048D1,36390.3 per 1,0005100.0%
Kirklees 050D1,619130.5 per 1,000298.1%

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Huddersfield in brief

Huddersfield is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

About 149,596 people lived in Huddersfield 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 1,694 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 116.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Huddersfield was £180,000 in 2025.

Huddersfield had 141,683 usual residents at the census.

About 80% of people in Huddersfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Huddersfield, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.