Total Crime Rate
82.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maidstone Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 719th lowest 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 Maidstone Street (BD3 8AP) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% lower than the Bowling and Barkerend average (164.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maidstone Street (BD3 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near School Square. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bower Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wellands Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ellerton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellands Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellands Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B6381 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pearson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazelhurst Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kimberley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Park Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Park Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hipswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | School Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | School Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorside Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marchbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marchbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mortimer Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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