Total Crime Rate
1950.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
813.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 6th 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 South Street (BD21 1AD) in the last 12 months was 1950.6 per 1,000 residents and was 883.4% higher than the Keighley Central average (198.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 214 (≈ 813.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Street (BD21 1AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beck Street, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bow Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Damside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aireworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beck Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starkie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beck Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rectory Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rectory Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aireworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Temple Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aireworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greengate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Otley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Temple Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Temple Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Damside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minnie Street | Under investigation |
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