Total Crime Rate

270.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 270.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.5 10/10
  • Public order 37.8 10/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Howarth Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Howarth Avenue (BD2 1HY) in the last 12 months was 270.3 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% higher than the Bolton and Undercliffe average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 167.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howarth Avenue (BD2 1HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Althorpe Grove, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenwood Mount (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Howarth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High House Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Althorpe Grove
Sep 2025Other theft Althorpe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Swain Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swain Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High House Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order High House Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High House Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howarth Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Kestrel Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howarth Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Althorpe Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Althorpe Grove
Sep 2025Other theft Greenwood Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jupiter Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jupiter Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jupiter Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Althorpe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Althorpe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kestrel Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wrose Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Amundsen Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willowfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Westwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Westwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Althorpe Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Swain House Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Swain House Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Althorpe Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willow Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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