Crime Rates at Melbourne Place, Bradford, BD5 0JA

Melbourne Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 14th 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 Melbourne Place (BD5 0JA) in the last 12 months was 950.4 per 1,000 residents and was 478.1% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 553.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 86.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melbourne Place (BD5 0JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Claremont, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lansdowne Place (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.