Total Crime Rate

119.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 79.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawthorne 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorne Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wyncroft Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaisby Rise
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Powell Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wrose Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thornhill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shann Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gaisby Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyncroft Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Festival Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyncroft Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lilac Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Thornhill Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bute Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bute Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bute Street Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Drugs Bute Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bute Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Festival Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Festival Avenue
Apr 2026Public order Lang Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lang Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gray Avenue
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gray Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gray Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bute Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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