Total Crime Rate

39.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 39.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Sefton Place area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 281st lowest crime rate of 1,554 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 Sefton Place (BD21 3BD) in the last 12 months was 39.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.6% lower than the Keighley Central average (214.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sefton Place (BD21 3BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sefton Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Holker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holker Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drake Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holker Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holker Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holker Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Otterburn Street —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Back Trinity Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawkholme Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandywood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Mellor Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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