Total Crime Rate
311.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Water Meadow Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bingley Rural , and the 125th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Water Meadow Drive (BD13 4FA) in the last 12 months was 311.6 per 1,000 residents and was 299.0% higher than the Bingley Rural average (78.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -58.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 200.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Water Meadow Drive (BD13 4FA), the main crime hotspot is near Burnholme. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bingley Rural| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Clock Mill Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnholme | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Clock Mill Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Clock Mill Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clock Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clock Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clock Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chartist Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnholme | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Clock Mill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnholme | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longlands Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkcroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkcroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burnholme | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkcroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnholme | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Longhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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