Total Crime Rate

909.9 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 909.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 378.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 126.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 99.1 10/10
  • Public order 81.1 10/10
  • Drugs 72.1 10/10
  • Other crime 36.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Other theft 27.0 10/10
  • Robbery 27.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Canal Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 16th 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 Canal Road (BD1 4BA) in the last 12 months was 909.9 per 1,000 residents and was 134.5% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 486.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canal Road (BD1 4BA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 411 crimes here, including 158 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Canal Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balme Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balme Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balme Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balme Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Balme Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Balme Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Balme Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balme Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balme Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Well Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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