Total Crime Rate

113.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

80.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 80.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Hird Street area has the 50th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 613th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Hird Street (BD21 1JS) in the last 12 months was 113.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.7% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Hird Street (BD21 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rawling Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malsis Crescent (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Upper Hird Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Calton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Otley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Malsis Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grafton Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Calton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fanny Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hardwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hardwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fanny Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Rawling Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fourth Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grafton Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grafton Road —
Apr 2026Public order Upper Hird Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lister Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Hird Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Calton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Rawling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Minnie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Broomhill Grove Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boothman Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Apsley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cross Acres Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Acres Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sawley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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