Total Crime Rate
297.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eric Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 128th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Eric Street (BD21 3LT) in the last 12 months was 297.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% higher 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 144.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eric Street (BD21 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linnet Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawkholme Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caledonia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byrl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Linnet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royd Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linnet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wren Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hard Ings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hard Ings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hard Ings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Lawkholme Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Rupert Street | Under investigation |
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