Total Crime Rate
191.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
138.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gaisby Lane area has the 20th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 295th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Gaisby Lane (BD18 1AE) in the last 12 months was 191.7 per 1,000 residents and was 79.8% higher than the Heaton average (106.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 138.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gaisby Lane (BD18 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hollin Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorne Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Windhill and Wrose| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Ash Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrose Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrose Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Festival Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Festival Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Festival Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wrose View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Towngate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaisby Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaisby Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Ash Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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