Crime Statistics for Bolton, Bradford, Bradford, 2024

Crime statistics for Bolton, Bradford

There were a total of 508 street level crime incidents in Bolton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bolton, 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 Crime247
Public Order46
Criminal Damage Arson39
Vehicle Crime32
Other Theft32
Burglary20
Drugs20
Anti Social Behaviour20
Shoplifting19
Other Crime17
Bicycle Theft6
Possession Of Weapons4
Theft From The Person3
Robbery3
All Crime508

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 Bolton. 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 Bolton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Undercliffe (0.88 miles)940
Manningham (0.88 miles)898
Fagley (1.39 miles)581
Frizinghall (1.24 miles)514
Bolton508
Bolton Woods (0.62 miles)498
Bank Top (1.39 miles)428
Eccleshill (0.88 miles)361
Idle Moor (1.24 miles)353
Idle (1.39 miles)313

18.26%
of Bolton and Undercliffe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bolton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Manningham398
Undercliffe397
Fagley279
Bolton Woods257
Frizinghall253
Bolton247
Bank Top188
Idle Moor173
Eccleshill156
Idle143

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

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 Bolton 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 Bolton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bolton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bolton is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Eccleshill97
2Bowling and Barkerend94
3Little Horton92
4Bolton and Undercliffe92
5City90
6Bradford Moor90
7Windhill and Wrose87
8Manningham86
9Idle and Thackley85
10Shipley83
11Toller79

Which road in Bolton has the highest level of crime?

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

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