HD1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Huddersfield and Newtown, 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 HD1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in HD1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HD1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HD1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HD1 at a rate of 231.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.0 per 1,000 people across the HD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 488 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HD1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,248), other crime (1,409) and shoplifting (731).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HD1 was 240.4 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 HD1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HD1 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in HD1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 029D | 2,236 | 887.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| Kirklees 031B | 2,732 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 031D | 1,975 | 152.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Kirklees 034A | 1,445 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 034B | 1,735 | 199.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.6% |
| Kirklees 034C | 1,737 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.7% |
| Kirklees 034D | 1,618 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Kirklees 039A | 1,569 | 135.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Kirklees 039B | 1,705 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 039C | 1,866 | 343.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Kirklees 039D | 1,686 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Kirklees 042D | 2,799 | 300.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 66.5% |
| Kirklees 043B | 1,811 | 158.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Kirklees 043C | 1,865 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 043D | 2,026 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
Your MP
- Harpreet UppalLabourMP for Huddersfield
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 HD14
Postcode sectors in HD17
Council1
Towns in HD11
Postcode districts next to HD14
Nearest rail stations4
More in the HD postcode area2
HD1 in brief
HD1 is a postcode district covering Huddersfield and Newtown, in Kirklees.
About 26,931 people lived in HD1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £137,000 in 2025 across 187 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 231.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HD1 was £137,000 in 2025.
HD1 had 24,445 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in HD1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HD1, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.