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 12th highest crime rate of 1,554 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 1049.7 per 1,000 residents and was 526.0% higher 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 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 107 (≈ 758.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 82.9% 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 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pemberton Drive (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.