Crime Rate in Bradley, ward

Bradley has the 2nd highest crime rate of 12 wards in Pendle district and the 687th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North West), it has the 64th highest crime rate of 795 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bradley in the last 12 months was 145.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% higher than the Pendle district average (105.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bradley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 537 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -21.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 660 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bradley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 82 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.