Total Crime Rate

89.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.9 9/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Parkside Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 772nd lowest 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 Parkside Road (BD5 8PG) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 57.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parkside Road (BD5 8PG), the main crime hotspot is near Hopbine Avenue. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Parkside Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order New Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Birch Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Birch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopbine Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopbine Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenway Road —
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Data Sources

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