Total Crime Rate
208.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spencer Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 263rd 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 Spencer Road (BD7 2HD) in the last 12 months was 208.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 93.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencer Road (BD7 2HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cumberland Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aberdeen Place (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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartington Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Arctic Parade | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pleasant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bakes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Horton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aberdeen Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arctic Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spencer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spencer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winburg Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winburg Road | Local resolution |
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