HD8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Skelmanthorpe and Lepton, 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 HD8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 20% of people in HD8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How HD8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is HD8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HD8 at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.0 per 1,000 people across the HD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 126 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HD8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (637), other crime (327) and anti-social behaviour (200).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HD8 was 44.2 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 HD8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HD8 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 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 HD8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 032D | 2,285 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.0% |
| Kirklees 046A | 1,538 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 046B | 1,569 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Kirklees 046D | 1,299 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 051A | 1,589 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Kirklees 051C | 1,945 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Kirklees 051D | 1,504 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| Kirklees 054A | 1,900 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| Kirklees 054B | 1,540 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| Kirklees 054C | 1,695 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Kirklees 054D | 1,434 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| Kirklees 056A | 1,521 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Kirklees 056B | 1,422 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Kirklees 056C | 1,585 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Kirklees 056D | 1,484 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Kirklees 057A | 1,464 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.4% |
| Kirklees 057B | 1,875 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| Kirklees 057C | 1,609 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Kirklees 057D | 1,829 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.4% |
| Kirklees 057E | 1,572 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 057F | 1,715 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
MPs for HD8
- Jade BotterillLabourMP for Ossett and Denby Dale82% of HD8’s postcodes
- Harpreet UppalLabourMP for Huddersfield14% of HD8’s postcodes
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley2.6% of HD8’s postcodes
- Paul DaviesLabourMP for Colne Valley0.7% of HD8’s postcodes
- Dr Marie TidballLabourMP for Penistone and Stocksbridge0.2% of HD8’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.
Middle areas in HD85
Postcode sectors in HD84
Council1
Postcode districts next to HD88
Nearest rail stations3
More in the HD postcode area2
HD8 in brief
HD8 is a postcode district covering Skelmanthorpe and Lepton, in Kirklees.
About 34,000 people lived in HD8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 627 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in HD8 was £275,000 in 2025.
HD8 had 33,665 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in HD8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In HD8, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.