Total Crime Rate
237.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barkerend Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 210th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barkerend Road (BD3 9NS) in the last 12 months was 237.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% higher than the Bowling and Barkerend average (167.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 109.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 223.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barkerend Road (BD3 9NS), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bowling and Barkerend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fitzroy Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Folkestone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wellands Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wellands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fitzroy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fitzroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wellands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Folkestone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Folkestone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Silkstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellands Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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