Total Crime Rate

417.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

152.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 417.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 152.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.7 10/10
  • Other theft 75.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 60.9 8/10
  • Public order 26.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.3 10/10
  • Burglary 16.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Scholes Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Little Horton , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scholes Street (BD5 9PT) in the last 12 months was 417.9 per 1,000 residents and was 276.6% higher than the Little Horton average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 152.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scholes Street (BD5 9PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Delamere Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Scholes Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Matthew'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broken Way —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broken Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovesdale Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovesdale Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovesdale Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovesdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smiddles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Norwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scholes Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scholes Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scholes Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scholes Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scholes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Delamere Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Delamere Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Delamere Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Delamere Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bolingbroke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scholes Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Draughton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flaxen Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flaxen Court —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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