Total Crime Rate

371.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 371.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 69.8 9/10
  • Public order 45.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Burglary 18.0 10/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Alexandra Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 86th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alexandra Road (BD18 3ER) in the last 12 months was 371.6 per 1,000 residents and was 229.9% higher than the Heaton average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 191.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alexandra Road (BD18 3ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Central Avenue (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alexandra Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Central Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Central Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Central Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Central Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Well Croft
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Well Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Well Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Well Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Well Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Ashley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Back Kirkgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Scarborough Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Back St Paul'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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