Total Crime Rate

95.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.0 4/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Heights Lane area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 742nd 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 Heights Lane (BD9 6JA) in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heights Lane (BD9 6JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emerson Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heights Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bingley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryelands Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryelands Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryelands Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ryelands Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Duchywood Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sandsend Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandsend Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary High Park Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodale Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowden Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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