Total Crime Rate
89.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parkway area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Bowling and Barkerend , and the 770th highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Parkway (BD5 8PR) in the last 12 months was 89.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parkway (BD5 8PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highbridge Terrace, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Martlett Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Highbridge Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fellside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martlett Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodend Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Wood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bude Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Highbridge Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daleside Walk | — |
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