Total Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Willow Crescent area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 390th lowest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Crescent (BD2 1LR) in the last 12 months was 49.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Crescent (BD2 1LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jupiter Crescent, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swain House Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bolton and Undercliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Plumpton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Greycourt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swain Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Swain Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Willow Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swain House Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swain House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amundsen Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jupiter Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plumpton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Plumpton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrose Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wrose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wrose Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrose Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrose Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wrose Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plumpton Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumpton Mead | Under investigation |
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