Total Crime Rate
135.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Otley Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 501st highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Otley Road (BD17 7AB) in the last 12 months was 135.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% higher than the Heaton average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Otley Road (BD17 7AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charles Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southcliffe Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briggate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | View Croft Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | View Croft Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | View Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | View Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A657 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Glenaire Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Glenaire Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcliffe Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tony Miller Approach | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tony Miller Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tony Miller Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tony Miller Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Briggate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Briggate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shipley | Local resolution |
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