Holme Valley South
WardSouth Kirklees. About 19,738 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 60 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Holme Valley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Holme Valley South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Holme Valley South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Holme Valley South at a rate of 51.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.4 per 1,000 people across Kirklees.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 94 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Holme Valley South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (463), other crime (186) and anti-social behaviour (108).
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.
Figures for the whole of Kirklees
These figures are published for the whole of Kirklees, not for each ward, so they describe all of Kirklees and not Holme Valley South alone. See Kirklees
Holme Valley South in brief
Holme Valley South had 19,507 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Holme Valley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Holme Valley South, 79.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Holme Valley South, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.