Total Crime Rate
92.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leicester Street area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 757th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Leicester Street (BD4 7JP) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% lower 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leicester Street (BD4 7JP), 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 | Ashby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flockton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flockton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walker Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Rayleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Teville Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Teville Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Helmsley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merchants Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flockton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Irwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St George'S Place | Offender given a caution |
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