Total Crime Rate

1317.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1317.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 514.5 10/10
  • Public order 239.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.4 10/10
  • Drugs 89.5 10/10
  • Other theft 87.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 58.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 44.7 8/10
  • Robbery 38.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.9 10/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Bridge 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

Crime Over Time in Bridge Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Forster Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Forster Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Forster Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bradford Forster Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bradford Forster Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheapside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cheapside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cheapside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mann'S Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Commerce Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commerce Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Commerce Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Commerce Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Dale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft School Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mann'S Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.