Total Crime Rate
31.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Walden Drive area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 187th 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 Walden Drive (BD9 6JS) in the last 12 months was 31.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walden Drive (BD9 6JS), the main crime hotspot is near Hazelwood Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathaway Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hathaway Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodale Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorn Wood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorn Wood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lynfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hathaway Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chellow Dene View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mossdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mossdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mossdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hazelwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hazelwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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