Total Crime Rate
119.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorne Avenue area has the 68th highest crime rate of 165 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 566th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Hawthorne Avenue (BD18 2JB) in the last 12 months was 119.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% lower than the Bolton and Undercliffe average (147.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 78.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorne Avenue (BD18 2JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bute Street, where police recorded 30 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 | Theft from the person | Wyncroft Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaisby Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Powell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrose Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornhill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shann Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaisby Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyncroft Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Festival Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyncroft Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thornhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bute Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bute Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bute Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bute Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bute Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Festival Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Festival Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lang Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lang Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gray Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gray Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bute Street | Under investigation |
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