Total Crime Rate
226.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knowsley Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Bolton and Undercliffe , and the 230th highest crime rate of 1,554 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 Knowsley Street (BD3 9LN) in the last 12 months was 226.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% higher than the Bolton and Undercliffe average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 119.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knowsley Street (BD3 9LN), the main crime hotspot is near Gledhill Road. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edderthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edderthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gledhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maudsley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maudsley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maudsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gledhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edderthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edderthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edderthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gledhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gledhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bardsey Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Downham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downing Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downing Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Binnie Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Knowsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowsley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mavis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Seymour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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