Total Crime Rate
8889.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Piccadilly area has the highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the highest crime rate of 1,554 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 Piccadilly (BD1 3LS) in the last 12 months was 8889.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2191.5% higher than the City average (387.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 352 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 402 (≈ 3406.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Piccadilly (BD1 3LS), 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 (253 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Commerce Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill 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 | Public order | Centenary Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Centenary Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Centenary Square | Local resolution |
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