Total Crime Rate

446.9 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 446.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 150.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.4 10/10
  • Public order 55.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.1 10/10
  • Drugs 19.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Robbery 14.0 9/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Whiteways area has the 10th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 62nd 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 Whiteways (BD2 4BL) in the last 12 months was 446.9 per 1,000 residents and was 193.1% 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 Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 178.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 348.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whiteways (BD2 4BL), the main crime hotspot is near Queen'S Road. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whiteways area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Perth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boars Well Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broome Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Meadows Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Meadows —
Sep 2025Other crime Bolton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolton Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Bolton Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Bolton Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bolton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bolton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Boars Well Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whiteways Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broome Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cliffe Wood View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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