Total Crime Rate
95.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Stephens Terrace area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 729th 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 St Stephens Terrace (BD5 7BY) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Stephens Terrace (BD5 7BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Cross Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broken Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Defarge Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughrigg Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Loughrigg Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Loughrigg Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Steerforth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tichborne Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boynton Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Defarge Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Old Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donisthorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranbrook Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbrook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Jackie Smart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Old Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jackie Smart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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