Total Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 55.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Riddings Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Ilkley , and the 452nd 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 Riddings Road (LS29 9TJ) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% lower than the Ilkley average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riddings Road (LS29 9TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 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.

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Crime Over Time in Riddings Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitton Croft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brodrick Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heather Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heather Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heather Court
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Booths Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Cunliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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