Total Crime Rate
315.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashfield area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Tong , and the 116th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashfield (BD4 9RL) in the last 12 months was 315.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% higher than the Tong average (190.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 102.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashfield (BD4 9RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Margaret'S Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glenhurst (10 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 | Faye Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Avenue Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerton Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Margaret'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Margaret'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennis Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Margaret'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenhurst | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Somerton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horsman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fairfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfield Street | — |
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