Total Crime Rate
379.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Street area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Ilkley , and the 83rd 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 Church Street (LS29 9DR) in the last 12 months was 379.3 per 1,000 residents and was 539.3% higher than the Ilkley average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -58.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (LS29 9DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ilkley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitton Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victory Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Cunliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Booths Yard | Under investigation |
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