Total Crime Rate
59.1 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
41.9 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Otley Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 491st 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 Otley Road (BD3 0HY) in the last 12 months was 59.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% lower than the Bolton and Undercliffe average (151.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Otley Road (BD3 0HY), the main crime hotspot is near Sycamore Close. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bolton and Undercliffe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wightman Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Mildred Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wightman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wightman Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Close | — |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Airedale College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wightman Street | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydenham Place | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanacre Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Airedale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanacre Place | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanacre Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanacre Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanacre Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanacre Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wightman Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wightman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Other crime | Wightman Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Drugs | Airedale College Terrace | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Avenue | — |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welham Walk | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Road | — |
| Oct 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chatham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wightman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Airedale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Possession of weapons | Westminster Terrace | Under investigation |
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