Crime Rates at Charles Street, Bradford, BD1 1HB

Charles Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 9th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Charles Street (BD1 1HB) in the last 12 months was 1317.7 per 1,000 residents and was 239.7% higher than the City average (387.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 230 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -32.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 362 (≈ 809.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charles Street (BD1 1HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 435 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (240 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.