Total Crime Rate

116.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Other theft 14.6 9/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dovesdale Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Little Horton , and the 590th 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 Dovesdale Road (BD5 9QB) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 58.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dovesdale Road (BD5 9QB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dovesdale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carr Bottom Fold —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovesdale Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draughton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Faxfleet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wisbey Bank —
Apr 2026Other theft Kings Fold Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Runswick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Runswick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bolingbroke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovesdale Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovesdale Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovesdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rathmell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smiddles Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Norwood Street 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 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 2026Possession of weapons Draughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draughton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rathmell Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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