Total Crime Rate
146.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harwal Gate area has the 8th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Craven , and the 435th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Harwal Gate (BD20 0FB) in the last 12 months was 146.6 per 1,000 residents and was 131.4% higher than the Craven average (63.3 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harwal Gate (BD20 0FB), the main crime hotspot is near Sykes Lane. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Keighley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walker'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicolsons Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicolsons Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A6034 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sykes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sykes Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wesley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South View Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clog Bridge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Close Mills Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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