Total Crime Rate

232.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 232.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Public order 19.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Plimsoll Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 217th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plimsoll Street (BD4 7JH) in the last 12 months was 232.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 151.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plimsoll Street (BD4 7JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Irwell Street, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stafford Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plimsoll Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheridan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Paley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brompton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brompton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flockton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Paley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Paley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Paley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flockton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helmsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flockton Grove
Sep 2025Burglary Back Irwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Walker Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Walker Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paley Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brompton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Irwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Merchants Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Flockton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Back Irwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leicester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leicester Street
Sep 2025Robbery Back Irwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Irwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Irwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plimsoll Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brompton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Coventry Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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