Total Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Curlew Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Little Horton , and the 411th lowest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Curlew Street (BD5 9RE) in the last 12 months was 51.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Curlew Street (BD5 9RE), 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.
View Crime In Little Horton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farside Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mitton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ida Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Marsh Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northdale Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ringwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mitton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darwin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Canterbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marten Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marten Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Farside Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farside Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Christopher Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Lane | Under investigation |
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