Total Crime Rate
205.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spen Close area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Tong , and the 275th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spen Close (BD4 6DF) in the last 12 months was 205.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Tong average (190.9 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 109.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spen Close (BD4 6DF), the main crime hotspot is near Scales Lane. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 57 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 | Other theft | Boy Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Lacy Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middlegate Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middlegate Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middlegate Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spen View Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spen View Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Walker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sheldon Ridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sheldon Ridge | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lexington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lexington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkmere Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkmere Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sheldon Ridge | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scales Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scales Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fieldhurst Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coleshill Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scales Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scales Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scales Lane | Local resolution |
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