Total Crime Rate
128.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Giles Street area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 513th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Giles Street (BD5 0SE) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Giles Street (BD5 0SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 102 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.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Heddon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Giles Street South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Giles Street South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Elizabeth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ann Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grafton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swarland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swarland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swarland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Ashgrove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Ashgrove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lower Ashgrove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Ashgrove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Ashgrove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Ashgrove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Ashgrove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Melbourne Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Seacole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodville Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Terrace | Under investigation |
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