Total Crime Rate
521.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Swarland Grove area has the 6th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 40th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Swarland Grove (BD5 0SS) in the last 12 months was 521.6 per 1,000 residents and was 211.0% 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 Other theft with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 133.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swarland Grove (BD5 0SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radwell Drive (36 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heddon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | 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 | Elsdon Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkshead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clayton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clayton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkshead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkshead Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Radwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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