Total Crime Rate
583.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
266.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New Augustus Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 28th 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 New Augustus Street (BD1 5LR) in the last 12 months was 583.9 per 1,000 residents and was 255.2% higher than the Bowling and Barkerend average (164.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 119 (≈ 266.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Augustus Street (BD1 5LR), the main crime hotspot is near New Augustus Street. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 50 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 | Aked Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Currer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Currer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Currer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Augustus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Augustus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scoresby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Augustus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Augustus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Upper Addison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper Addison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Addison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Upper Addison Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Augustus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Burnett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Peckover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Scoresby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scoresby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Scoresby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Scoresby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Scoresby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scoresby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scoresby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scoresby Street | Under investigation |
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