Total Crime Rate

242.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 242.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 154.7 10/10
  • Public order 25.2 10/10
  • Other theft 18.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cowley 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cowley Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Redbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Thorn Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mossdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mossdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mossdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redbrook Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Redbrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Redbrook Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Redbrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Redbrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redbrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redbrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brantwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redbrook Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Drive Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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