Total Crime Rate
245.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
194.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorchester Crescent area has the 21st highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Tong , and the 194th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dorchester Crescent (BD4 9DA) in the last 12 months was 245.3 per 1,000 residents and was 28.5% higher than the Tong average (190.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 194.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorchester Crescent (BD4 9DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Knowles Lane, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warnford Grove (31 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 | Knowles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holme Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wareham Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wareham Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wareham Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wareham Corner | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wareham Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Felcourt Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Felcourt Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holme Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dulverton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wareham Corner | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warnford Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warnford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warnford Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Warnford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillingham Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sandmead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandmead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wareham Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dulverton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbury Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Margaret'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dorchester Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knowles Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knowles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowles Lane | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.