Total Crime Rate
1317.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bridge 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 Bridge Street (BD1 1RX) 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 Bridge Street (BD1 1RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 471 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (237 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bradford Forster Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bradford Forster Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mann'S Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Commerce Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commerce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commerce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Commerce Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Commerce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | School Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | School Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mann'S Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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