Total Crime Rate
456.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
268.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Darren Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Darren Street (BD4 8LF) in the last 12 months was 456.5 per 1,000 residents and was 177.7% higher 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 268.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Darren Street (BD4 8LF), the main crime hotspot is near Darren Street. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairbairn Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forber Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tyersal View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forber Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forber Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forber Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forber Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arkwright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Tamworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyersal View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sutton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tyersal View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darren Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyersal View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tamworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairbairn Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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