Crime Statistics for Shibden Head, Bradford, Bradford, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Shibden Head in October 2024. There were a total of 152 incidents. 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 Shibden Head, 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	83
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Other Theft	10
Public Order	10
Other Crime	9
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Burglary	6
Shoplifting	6
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	152

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Shibden Head. 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 Shibden Head

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Illingworth (1.39 miles)	309
Holmfield (0.88 miles)	295
Holdsworth (0.62 miles)	176
Catherine Slack (0.62 miles)	174
Shibden Head	152
Dam Head (1.39 miles)	114
Old Dolphin (1.39 miles)	81
Ambler Thorn	77
Stone Chair (1.75 miles)	34
Raggalds (1.39 miles)	19

Where are the most violent places near Shibden Head?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Illingworth	148
Holmfield	145
Catherine Slack	119
Holdsworth	88
Shibden Head	83
Ambler Thorn	63
Dam Head	42
Old Dolphin	33
Stone Chair	17
Raggalds	8

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

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 Shibden Head 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 Shibden Head compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ovenden	95
2	Clayton and Fairweather Green	91
3	Thornton and Allerton	87
4	Illingworth and Mixenden	86
5	Park	86
6	Warley	81
7	Town	79
8	Queensbury	78
9	Skircoat	76
10	Northowram and Shelf	66
11	Luddendenfoot	64

Which road in Shibden Head has the highest level of crime?

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