Total Crime Rate
824.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Owlet Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 19th 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 Owlet Road (BD18 2LT) in the last 12 months was 824.0 per 1,000 residents and was 631.5% 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 116 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -53.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 159 (≈ 388.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Owlet Road (BD18 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carnegie Drive (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carnegie Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Crag Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Crag Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Crag Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carnegie Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carnegie Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carnegie Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnegie Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnegie Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnegie Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fair Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fair Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Annie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Back Crag Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Mount | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6149 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tony Miller Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shipley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A657 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tony Miller Approach | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tony Miller Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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