Total Crime Rate

181.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

92.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 181.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 92.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Other crime 18.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Bowling Park Drive 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 Bowling Park Drive (BD4 7ES) 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 Bowling Park Drive (BD4 7ES), the main crime hotspot is near West View. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bradford

Crime Over Time in Bowling Park Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flockton Drive
Apr 2026Other crime Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flockton Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flockton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flockton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons West View Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Theft from the person West View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West View Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.