Total Crime Rate
203.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fountain Way area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 280th highest crime rate of 1,554 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 Fountain Way (BD18 2NF) in the last 12 months was 203.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 144.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fountain Way (BD18 2NF), the main crime hotspot is near Carnegie Drive. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 37 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 | Vehicle crime | Swan Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Back Crag Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dockfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dockfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amber Wharfe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amber Wharfe | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hope Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Crag Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Mount | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Holt | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Holt | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Holt | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Crag Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Crag Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Holt | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carnegie Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Carnegie Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carnegie Drive | 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 |
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