Total Crime Rate
142.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Donisthorpe Street 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 Donisthorpe Street (BD5 7DD) 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 Donisthorpe Street (BD5 7DD), the main crime hotspot is near Little Cross Street. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bowling and Barkerend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ransdale Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broken Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bottomley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bottomley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bottomley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bottomley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broken Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotewall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Broken Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Broken Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Delamere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Stephen'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotewall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Delamere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughrigg Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Arnside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Arnside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dickens Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garvey View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Defarge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughrigg Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boynton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Steerforth Close | Local resolution |
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