Crime Statistics for Ilkley, Bradford, 2024

Crime statistics for Ilkley, Ilkley

There were a total of 54 street level crime incidents in Ilkley in January 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 Ilkley, 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 Crime14
Shoplifting11
Anti Social Behaviour8
Public Order5
Other Theft5
Criminal Damage Arson3
Possession Of Weapons2
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person2
Drugs1
Burglary1
All Crime54

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 Ilkley. 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 Ilkley

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ben Rhydding (1.24 miles)54
Ilkley54
Peas Acre (3.78 miles)39
Brunthwaite (3.77 miles)28
Burley in Wharfedale (3.16 miles)26
Manor Park (2.48 miles)12
Burley Woodhead (3.1 miles)5
Addingham (2.77 miles)5
Askwith (3.16 miles)4
Langbar (2.78 miles)2

6.34%
of Ilkley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ilkley?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Peas Acre22
Brunthwaite15
Ilkley14
Ben Rhydding11
Burley in Wharfedale9
Manor Park7
Burley Woodhead2
Askwith2
Addingham1
Langbar0

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

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 Ilkley 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 Ilkley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ilkley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ilkley is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Shipley83
2Keighley West81
3Keighley Central78
4Keighley East70
5Bingley61
6Baildon61
7Ilkley41
8Craven31
9Wharfedale30
10Washburn16
11Glusburn13

Which road in Ilkley has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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