Total Crime Rate

128.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.0 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 128.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 75.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.4 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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.
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Crime overview

Ashby Street area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 515th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashby Street (BD4 7LA) in the last 12 months was 128.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashby Street (BD4 7LA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ashby Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paley Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lower Rayleigh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West View Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons 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 New Hey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Burton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Margate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Flockton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flockton Grove
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flockton Grove
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flockton Grove
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flockton Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flockton Drive
Apr 2026Possession of weapons West View Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flockton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flockton Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ashby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paley Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merchants Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merchants Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Merchants Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Merchants Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Helmsley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paley Road

Data Sources

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