Total Crime Rate
259.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 177th 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 1DB) in the last 12 months was 259.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 134.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Street (BD21 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rawling Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Percy Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arcadia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Apsley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy 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 | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pickles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arcadia Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Khus Walk | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Khus Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Khus Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Khus Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Khus Walk | — |
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