Total Crime Rate
32.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Melbourne Place area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 198th lowest crime rate of 1,554 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 Melbourne Place (BD5 0HZ) in the last 12 months was 32.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% lower than the Bowling and Barkerend average (167.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melbourne Place (BD5 0HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Claremont, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morley Street (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bowling and Barkerend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsdon Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsdon Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsdon Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsdon Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Seacole Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mary Seacole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodville Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melbourne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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