Total Crime Rate

317.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 317.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 153.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.7 9/10
  • Public order 28.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.9 6/10
  • Burglary 19.2 10/10
  • Drugs 19.2 10/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Robbery 9.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashley Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 120th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashley Lane (BD17 7DB) in the last 12 months was 317.3 per 1,000 residents and was 181.7% higher than the Heaton average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 67.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 121.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashley Lane (BD17 7DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Well Croft (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashley Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Aire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wainman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Estate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Salts Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Ashley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salts Mill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Well Croft
Sep 2025Public order Well Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Well Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Well Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Well Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hird Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Market Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order John Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting John Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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