Total Crime Rate
328.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wells Promenade area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Craven , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Wells Promenade (LS29 9LG) in the last 12 months was 328.9 per 1,000 residents and was 419.4% higher than the Craven average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 115.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wells Promenade (LS29 9LG), the main crime hotspot is near Brook Street. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ilkley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brodrick Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Booths Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heather Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cunliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitton Croft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
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