Total Crime Rate
348.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hillside Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 102nd 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 Hillside Road (BD18 2HT) in the last 12 months was 348.1 per 1,000 residents and was 209.1% higher than the Heaton average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 232.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillside Road (BD18 2HT), the main crime hotspot is near Greenfield Rise. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaisby Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hollin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hollin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenfield Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfield Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfield Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Festival Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaisby Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crimshaw Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollin Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochester Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rochester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rochester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollin Rise | — |
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