Total Crime Rate
151.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Armstrong Street area has the 50th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 410th 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 Armstrong Street (BD4 8BE) in the last 12 months was 151.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 3.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Armstrong Street (BD4 8BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fearnville Drive, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marsland Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorside Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marsland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewhirst Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Napier Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tagore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lilac Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lilac Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Napier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marsland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dewhirst Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lilac Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Marsland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | William Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fearnville Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armstrong Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Napier Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Mary'S Fold | Under investigation |
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