Total Crime Rate

40.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 40.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.4 5/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Public order 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Highgate area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 293rd 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 Highgate (BD9 4BE) in the last 12 months was 40.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.8% lower than the Heaton average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highgate (BD9 4BE), the main crime hotspot is near Dyson Street. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highgate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ashwell Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Woodville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quarry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dyson Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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