Total Crime Rate
136.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Calton Street area has the 40th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 477th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Calton Street (BD21 1HF) in the last 12 months was 136.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Calton Street (BD21 1HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rawling Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Minnie Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Minnie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lister Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Apsley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gladstone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fourth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holycroft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hird Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Hird Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Calton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanny Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fanny Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hardwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Broomhill Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boothman Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arcadia Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arcadia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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