Total Crime Rate

119.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 119.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.6 10/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Back Lane area has the 41st highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 584th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Back Lane (BD9 4BU) in the last 12 months was 119.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Lane (BD9 4BU), 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 Back Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Woodville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ashwell Road Local resolution
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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dyson Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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