Total Crime Rate
78.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sticker Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 696th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sticker Lane (BD4 8RD) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sticker Lane (BD4 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bela Avenue, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fenby Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fred'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bela Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bela Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pavilion Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lister Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lister Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornsgill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thornsgill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thornsgill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dagenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lister Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilian Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bertie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garth Land Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilian Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bertie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bertie Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bertie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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