Total Crime Rate
142.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wootton 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 Wootton Street (BD5 7DN) 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 Wootton Street (BD5 7DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boynton Terrace (20 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 | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boynton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughrigg Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Stephen'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotewall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotewall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boynton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clayton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Baxandall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clayton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boynton Terrace | 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 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughrigg Street | Under investigation |
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