Total Crime Rate

207.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 207.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.1 10/10
  • Drugs 20.3 10/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Idle Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 272nd 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 Idle Road (BD2 4ND) in the last 12 months was 207.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 128.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Idle Road (BD2 4ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vernon Place, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pelham Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Idle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Beldon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Askrigg Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Strathmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beldon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elbow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Idle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Peel Park Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Peel Park Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Park Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Peel Park Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pelham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ennerdale Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ennerdale Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodore Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Berkeley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palmerston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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