Total Crime Rate
181.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paley Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 314th 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 Paley Road (BD4 7EP) in the last 12 months was 181.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 92.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paley Road (BD4 7EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West View, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merchants Court (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bailey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchants Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merchants Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flockton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flockton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Helmsley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bailey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Teville Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Teville Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bailey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Flockton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Grove | — |
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