Total Crime Rate
315.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dyson Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 117th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dyson Street (BD1 2RF) in the last 12 months was 315.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower 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 97 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 132 (≈ 180.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dyson Street (BD1 2RF), the main crime hotspot is near Water Lane. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 67 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 | Grattan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gracechurch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gracechurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jinnah Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jinnah Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vaughan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sedgwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sedgwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sedgwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Roundhill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greenaire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peel Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peel Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenaire Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenaire Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenaire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenaire Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baptist Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grattan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grattan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vincent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Lane | — |
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