Total Crime Rate
110.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mortimer Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Bradford Moor , and the 646th 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 Mortimer Avenue (BD3 7EY) in the last 12 months was 110.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower than the Bradford Moor average (114.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mortimer Avenue (BD3 7EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burlington Avenue, where police recorded 202 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leeds Old Road (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bradford Moor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leeds Old Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leeds Old Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenfell Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenfell Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenfell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grenfell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Addison Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burlington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Leeds Old Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burlington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodgson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burlington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burlington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Roydstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roydstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roydstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodgson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grenfell Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leeds Old Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leeds Old Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Old Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burlington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burlington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oswaldthorpe Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Burlington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorthorpe Avenue | Under investigation |
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