Total Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westward Ho area has the 13th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Queensbury , and the 638th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Westward Ho (BD13 2QE) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% lower than the Queensbury average (82.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westward Ho (BD13 2QE), the main crime hotspot is near Moor Street. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Queensbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briggs Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briggs Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broomfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broomfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nelson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Hall Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briggs Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briggs Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lewis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashbourne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croydon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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