Total Crime Rate

163.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 163.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.0 8/10
  • Other theft 22.3 10/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle 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
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

Strong Close Way area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Keighley Central , and the 403rd highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Strong Close Way (BD21 4JT) in the last 12 months was 163.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strong Close Way (BD21 4JT), the main crime hotspot is near Beeches Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Strong Close Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clover Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aireworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strong Close Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dalton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dalton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalton Lane

Data Sources

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