Total Crime Rate
315.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 117th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richmond Road (BD7 1DL) in the last 12 months was 315.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the City average (374.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 97 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 132 (≈ 180.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Road (BD7 1DL), the main crime hotspot is near Water Lane. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morpeth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Grattan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tumbling Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tumbling Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tumbling Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tumbling Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tumbling Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Campus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norcroft Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Norcroft Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Water Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Water Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Campus Road | Local resolution |
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