Total Crime Rate

95.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 58.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Public order 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Mortimer Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Bradford Moor , and the 732nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 95.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% lower than the Bradford Moor average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Avenue (BD3 7EY), the main crime hotspot is near Leeds Old Road. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bradford

Crime Over Time in Mortimer Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Burlington Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leeds Old Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leeds Old Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Leeds Old Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Leeds Old Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elsworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Moorlands Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moorlands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorlands Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Moorthorpe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baring Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Moorgarth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Park Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addison Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elsworth Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grenfell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burlington Avenue

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.