Total Crime Rate
12.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Silkstone Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 32nd 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 Silkstone Road (BD3 9ER) in the last 12 months was 12.6 per 1,000 residents and was 91.7% lower than the Bolton and Undercliffe average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -90.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silkstone Road (BD3 9ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fitzroy Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boldshay Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fitzroy Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fitzroy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzroy Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Netherby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnsall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Silkstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wingfield Mount | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barkerend Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lonsdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Feather Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Feather Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fitzroy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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