Total Crime Rate
218.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cross Banks area has the 17th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 242nd 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 Cross Banks (BD18 3RW) in the last 12 months was 218.9 per 1,000 residents and was 105.3% higher than the Heaton average (106.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 118.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Banks (BD18 3RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Central Avenue (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shipley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A6038 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A6038 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A6038 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A6038 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shipley | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briggate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selborne Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birklands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Central Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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