Total Crime Rate
242.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowley Crescent area has the 16th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowley Crescent (BD9 6LX) in the last 12 months was 242.8 per 1,000 residents and was 115.6% 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 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 181.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 68.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 222.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowley Crescent (BD9 6LX), the main crime hotspot is near Redbrook Way. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 58 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 | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorn Lane | Local resolution |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Redbrook Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redbrook Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Redbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brantwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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