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

Salts Mill Road 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 Salts Mill Road (BD17 7EN) 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 Salts Mill Road (BD17 7EN), the main crime hotspot is near Knoll Park Drive. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Salts Mill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knoll Park Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Salts Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knoll Park Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hird Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knoll Park Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hird Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Ashley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salts Mill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Salts Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Knoll Park Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knoll Park Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Estate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knoll Park Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Aire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Place —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lower Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Knoll Park Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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