Total Crime Rate

110.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 19.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Mortimer 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.

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Crime Over Time in Mortimer Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leeds Old Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grenfell Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grenfell Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grenfell Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Grenfell Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Addison Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodgson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorcroft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moorfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roydstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roydstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roydstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodgson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grenfell Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burlington Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burlington Avenue
Sep 2025Other theft Burlington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oswaldthorpe Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burlington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorthorpe Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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