Crime Rates at Little Cross Street, Bradford, BD5 8AD

Little Cross Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 371st highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Little Cross Street (BD5 8AD) in the last 12 months was 161.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 119.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Little Cross Street (BD5 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Delamere Street, where police recorded 43 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.