Crime Rates at Melba Road, Bradford, BD5 9HN

Melba Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Little Horton , and the 684th highest crime rate of 1,554 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 Melba Road (BD5 9HN) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Little Horton average (121.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melba Road (BD5 9HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near South Street, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nene Street (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.