Total Crime Rate
500.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
245.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gibson Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Gibson Street (BD3 9TB) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 204.2% higher 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 245.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gibson Street (BD3 9TB), the main crime hotspot is near Gledhill Road. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 53 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Abaseen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Netherby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledhill Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gledhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kilnsey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kilnsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kilnsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilnsey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Netherby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Netherby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gledhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nidd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nidd Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gibson Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gibson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heath Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Myrtle Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laurel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laurel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gledhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gibson Street | Local resolution |
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