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HD3

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Huddersfield, Salendine Nook and Oakes, 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 HD3 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 90% of people in HD3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£210,000
Joint 447th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
31,382
Joint 845th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How HD3 compares

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

HD3Middle
Median sale price9 postcode districts, HD · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in HD9 areas from £137,000 to £282,750. The middle area is £210,000. HD3 is £210,000.
£210,0005th most expensive
Population9 postcode districts, HD · 2021
Population: every postcode district in HD9 areas from 22,683 to 36,312. The middle area is 30,496. HD3 is 31,382.
31,3823rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares9 postcode districts, HD · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in HD9 areas from 20.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 90.0%. HD3 is 90.0%.
90%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage9 postcode districts, HD · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in HD9 areas from 85.6% to 98.8%. The middle area is 96.5%. HD3 is 95.7%.
95.7%4th lowest

Is HD3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HD3 at a rate of 77.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 93.0 per 1,000 people across the HD postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 177 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HD3.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,055), other crime (523) and shoplifting (204).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HD3 was 80.7 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 HD3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HD3 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 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 HD3

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Kirklees 027D2,08435.1 per 1,000899.5%
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 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 036C1,57060.0 per 1,0005100.0%
Kirklees 036D1,59337.2 per 1,000790.9%
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 041C1,744167.1 per 1,0001100.0%
Kirklees 045B1,802156.1 per 1,000287.5%

MPs for HD3

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 HD34

Postcode sectors in HD33

Council1

Towns in HD31

Postcode districts next to HD36

Nearest rail stations4

More in the HD postcode area2

HD3 in brief

HD3 is a postcode district covering Huddersfield, Salendine Nook and Oakes, in Kirklees.

About 32,525 people lived in HD3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 443 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 77.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in HD3 was £210,000 in 2025.

HD3 had 31,382 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in HD3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In HD3, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.