Crime Statistics for Charlestown, Bradford, Bradford, 2024

Crime statistics for Charlestown, Bradford

There were a total of 326 street level crime incidents in Charlestown 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 Charlestown, 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 Crime137
Criminal Damage Arson32
Anti Social Behaviour30
Shoplifting24
Public Order24
Burglary21
Other Theft20
Vehicle Crime16
Other Crime10
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery3
Bicycle Theft3
Drugs2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime326

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 Charlestown. 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 Charlestown

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Idle Moor (0.88 miles)353
Charlestown326
Shipley (0.88 miles)318
Baildon Green (0.62 miles)275
Thackley (1.24 miles)209
Thackley End (1.24 miles)209
Baildon (0.62 miles)183
Saltaire (1.39 miles)174
Tarn (0.88 miles)124
Tong Park (0.88 miles)124

5.2%
of Idle and Thackley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Charlestown?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Idle Moor173
Shipley145
Charlestown137
Baildon Green116
Thackley89
Thackley End89
Saltaire77
Baildon64
Tarn45
Tong Park45

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

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 Charlestown 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 Charlestown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Charlestown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Charlestown is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Eccleshill97
2Bolton and Undercliffe92
3Heaton87
4Windhill and Wrose87
5Manningham86
6Idle and Thackley85
7Shipley83
8Toller79
9Calverley & Farsley63
10Bingley61
11Baildon61

Which road in Charlestown has the highest level of crime?

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

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