Total Crime Rate
108.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodroyd Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 656th 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 Woodroyd Road (BD5 8EN) in the last 12 months was 108.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodroyd Road (BD5 8EN), the main crime hotspot is near Little Cross Street. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eli Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Acre Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodroyd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eli Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eli Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaythorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaythorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaythorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaythorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evens Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Evens Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tichborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Challis Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eli Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hopbine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oaks Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaks Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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