Total Crime Rate
2322.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kirkgate area has the highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 7th 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 Kirkgate (BD18 3QW) in the last 12 months was 2322.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1961.9% 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 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 1021.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirkgate (BD18 3QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Central Avenue (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hird Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stead Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hird Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wainman Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunny Bank | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shipley | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Briggate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Briggate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briggate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A6038 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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