Total Crime Rate
417.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norwood 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 Norwood Street (BD5 9PY) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Norwood Street (BD5 9PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scholes Street, where police recorded 44 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.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Bottom Fold | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Norwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bolingbroke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broken Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broken Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dovesdale Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dovesdale Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dovesdale Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovesdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smiddles Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholes Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholes Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholes Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholes Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scholes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Delamere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Delamere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scholes Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rathmell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallbank Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Bottom Fold | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Draughton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flaxen Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rathmell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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