Total Crime Rate
151.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blucher 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 Blucher Street (BD4 8BP) 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 Blucher Street (BD4 8BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Mary'S Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fearnville Drive (18 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 | St Mary'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewhirst Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lilac Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Mary'S Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tagore Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armstrong Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dewhirst Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewhirst Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fearnville Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | William Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bryanstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bryanstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Keswick Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mary'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lilac Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watt Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosewood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Minster Drive | Under investigation |
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