Total Crime Rate

142.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Stephens Road area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 471st highest crime rate of 1,554 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 St Stephens Road (BD5 7DA) in the last 12 months was 142.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Stephens Road (BD5 7DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Cross Street (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Stephens Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Little Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bottomley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bottomley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bottomley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bottomley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Steerforth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Steerforth Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broken Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broken Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broken Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Baxandall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boynton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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