The invention relates to a houghite hydrocracking catalyst and a preparation method thereof, and component of the houghite hydrocracking catalyst is Ni / Me-Mg-Al-O, wherein, Me is one or two elements of Co, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu. The catalyst is used for hydrocracking 
tar component in 
coke-oven gas at high temperature to transform the 
coke-oven gas to rich hydrogenous permanent gas, pertaining to 
coke-oven gas hydrocracking process and catalyst technology field. The invention has the advantages that: urealysis-homogeneous co-
precipitation is adopted, Al, Me, Ni and correspondent 
divalent metal salt are dissolved in aqueous 
urea solution, and urealysis speed is controlled by 
reaction temperature and reaction time; reactive precipitate is filtered, washed and dried, and after 
roasting for 15 to 20 hours at 500 to 600 DEG C and 3 to 5 hours at 750 to 850 DEG C, and 20 to 40 meshes of particle is obtained after 
grinding and screening, which is houghite hydrocracking catalyst. The catalyst prepared by the method of the invention has the advantages of high 
crystallinity, good dispersivity, large specific surface and long service life, etc.