Crime Statistics for Thwaites Brow, Long Lee, Bradford, 2024

Crime statistics for Thwaites Brow, Long Lee

There were a total of 165 street level crime incidents in Thwaites Brow 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 Thwaites Brow, 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 Crime64
Shoplifting22
Anti Social Behaviour20
Public Order12
Vehicle Crime11
Other Theft10
Burglary9
Criminal Damage Arson7
Possession Of Weapons3
Other Crime3
Drugs2
Theft From The Person1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime165

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 Thwaites Brow. 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 Thwaites Brow

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Keighley (0.88 miles)432
Knowle Park (1.24 miles)318
Thwaites (0.62 miles)280
Stockbridge (1.24 miles)241
Thwaites Brow165
Long Lee165
Ingrow (1.39 miles)126
Hermit Hole (1.39 miles)126
Hainworth Shaw (0.88 miles)116
Ryecroft (1.24 miles)14

25.54%
of Keighley Central residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Thwaites Brow?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Keighley169
Knowle Park137
Thwaites104
Stockbridge80
Thwaites Brow64
Long Lee64
Ingrow55
Hermit Hole55
Hainworth Shaw55
Ryecroft4

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

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 Thwaites Brow 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 Thwaites Brow compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Heaton87
2Shipley83
3Keighley West81
4Keighley Central78
5Keighley East70
6Bingley Rural69
7Worth Valley67
8Bingley61
9Baildon61
10Craven31
11Sutton-in-Craven21

Which road in Thwaites Brow has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Thwaites Brow with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Back Emily Street.

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