Total Crime Rate
49.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bradford Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 395th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bradford Road (BD18 3DL) in the last 12 months was 49.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% lower than the Heaton average (106.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bradford Road (BD18 3DL), the main crime hotspot is near Well Croft. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Shipley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Iver Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back St Paul'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birklands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Well Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A650 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avondale Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selborne Terrace | Local resolution |
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