Total Crime Rate
112.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashfield Drive area has the 47th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 630th 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 Ashfield Drive (BD9 4EN) in the last 12 months was 112.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 153.8% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 92.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 146.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashfield Drive (BD9 4EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alton Grove, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashfield Drive (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carlton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Red Beck Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aireville Grange | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Vale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aireville Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aireville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aireville Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmer Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Wood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Grove | Under investigation |
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