Crime Statistics for Ben Rhydding, Bradford, Bradford, 2024

There were a total of 59 street level crime incidents in Ben Rhydding in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ben Rhydding, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	14
Shoplifting	14
Burglary	8
Public Order	8
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Theft	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	59

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Ben Rhydding

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ilkley (1.24 miles)	62
Ben Rhydding	59
Chevin End (3.62 miles)	38
Burley in Wharfedale (1.96 miles)	19
Manor Park (1.24 miles)	14
Addingham (3.92 miles)	11
Askwith (1.96 miles)	7
Burley Woodhead (2.24 miles)	6
Langbar (3.51 miles)	3
Timble (3.97 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Ben Rhydding?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ilkley	18
Chevin End	16
Ben Rhydding	14
Burley in Wharfedale	8
Manor Park	6
Addingham	5
Askwith	3
Burley Woodhead	1
Langbar	0
Timble	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ben Rhydding?

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 Ben Rhydding 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 Ben Rhydding compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ben Rhydding and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ben Rhydding is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Idle and Thackley	85
2	Keighley West	81
3	Keighley Central	78
4	Keighley East	70
5	Bingley	61
6	Baildon	61
7	Guiseley & Rawdon	53
8	Ilkley	41
9	Craven	31
10	Wharfedale	30
11	Washburn	16

Which road in Ben Rhydding has the highest level of crime?

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