Crime Rates at Russell Street, Bradford, BD5 0JB

Russell Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 151st 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 Russell Street (BD5 0JB) in the last 12 months was 275.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.7% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 191.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Russell Street (BD5 0JB), 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.