Total Crime Rate
461.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
205.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sycamore Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Bingley , and the 51st 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 Sycamore Avenue (BD16 1HW) in the last 12 months was 461.5 per 1,000 residents and was 447.1% higher than the Bingley average (84.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 22.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 205.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sycamore Avenue (BD16 1HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burrage Street, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bingley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Waterloo Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Busfeild Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Myrtle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Unity Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrage Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrage Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrage Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burrage Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burrage Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Beech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burrage Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burrage Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burrage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burrage Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Busfeild Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leonard'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Unity Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leonard'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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