Total Crime Rate
243.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Foster Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 199th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Foster Road (BD21 1BD) in the last 12 months was 243.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% higher than the Keighley Central average (198.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 85.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Foster Road (BD21 1BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rawling Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Red Holt Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Hird Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Aylesbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Calton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boothman Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wood View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Broomhill Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Holt Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Holt Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broomhill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Holt Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exley Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exley Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Majestic Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
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