Total Crime Rate
78.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Road area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 693rd lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grafton Road (BD21 1LE) in the last 12 months was 78.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Road (BD21 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rawling Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Calton Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hird Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rawling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lister Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cross Acres Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Acres Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minnie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boothman Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Minnie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broomhill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Aylesbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Calton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Broomhill Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Hird Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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