Total Crime Rate
140.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadway area has the 37th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Royds , and the 463rd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Meadway (BD6 2SR) in the last 12 months was 140.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% higher than the Royds average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 66.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadway (BD6 2SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fleece Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Munton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eskine Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eskine Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ullswater Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ullswater Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosechapel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galefield Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eskine Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutwood Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodman Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heaton Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nature Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Torridon Crescent | Under investigation |
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