Crime Statistics for Apperley Bridge, Bradford, Bradford, 2024

Crime statistics for Apperley Bridge, Bradford

There were a total of 297 street level crime incidents in Apperley Bridge in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Apperley Bridge, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime128
Criminal Damage Arson35
Burglary29
Anti Social Behaviour27
Public Order19
Other Theft17
Vehicle Crime12
Shoplifting10
Other Crime7
Drugs6
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime297

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Apperley Bridge. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Apperley Bridge

We've taken the ten nearest places to Apperley Bridge and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Apperley Bridge has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Bank Top (0.88 miles)428
Ravenscliffe (1.24 miles)369
Eccleshill (1.39 miles)361
Idle (1.24 miles)313
Greengates (0.62 miles)310
Apperley Bridge297
Thackley (1.39 miles)209
Thackley End (1.39 miles)209
Calverley (0.88 miles)138
Rawdon Carrs (1.39 miles)44

13.16%
of Eccleshill residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Apperley Bridge?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Apperley Bridge and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Bank Top188
Ravenscliffe169
Eccleshill156
Idle143
Greengates132
Apperley Bridge128
Thackley89
Thackley End89
Calverley62
Rawdon Carrs17

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Apperley Bridge?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Apperley Bridge to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Apperley Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Apperley Bridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Apperley Bridge have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Horsforth.

#WardScore
1Eccleshill97
2Bowling and Barkerend94
3Bolton and Undercliffe92
4Bramley & Stanningley90
5City90
6Bradford Moor90
7Windhill and Wrose87
8Idle and Thackley85
9Calverley & Farsley63
10Guiseley & Rawdon53
11Horsforth51

Which road in Apperley Bridge has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Apperley Bridge with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Summerbridge Drive.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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