Total Crime Rate

2604.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 2604.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 885.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 726.2 10/10
  • Public order 258.6 10/10
  • Other theft 144.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 140.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 117.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 72.2 10/10
  • Other crime 60.8 10/10
  • Drugs 53.2 10/10
  • Robbery 45.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 34.2 10/10
  • Burglary 30.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.4 9/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 6th highest crime rate of 1,554 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 High Street (BD21 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 2604.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1113.1% higher than the Keighley Central average (214.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 233 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 277 (≈ 1053.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BD21 2LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beck Street, where police recorded 229 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beck Street
Sep 2025Public order Marley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Browsholme Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bedford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heber Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heber Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A629 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Damside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Otley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Otley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Otley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aireworth Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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