Total Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Avenue area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 445th 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 East Avenue (BD21 3BJ) in the last 12 months was 54.4 per 1,000 residents and was 72.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Avenue (BD21 3BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Earl Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hard Ings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flasby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Otterburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hard Ings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royd Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hard Ings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Strawberry Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandywood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lund Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawkholme Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawkholme Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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