Total Crime Rate
3968.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2048.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ivegate area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 4th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ivegate (BD1 1ST) in the last 12 months was 3968.6 per 1,000 residents and was 960.7% higher than the City average (374.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 413 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 12 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 23.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 588 (≈ 2048.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ivegate (BD1 1ST), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 457 crimes here, including 276 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Piccadilly | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piccadilly | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Forster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commerce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Piccadilly | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradford Forster Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Darley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradford Forster Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mann'S Court | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mann'S Court | Under investigation |
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