Total Crime Rate

208.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 208.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 93.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Spencer 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.

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Crime Over Time in Spencer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartington Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harlow Road
Apr 2026Burglary Hartington Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartington Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartington Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Arctic Parade Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartington Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melrose Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pleasant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bakes Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Great Horton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabtree Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aberdeen Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summer Hill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Vine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Arctic Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spencer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spencer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Winburg Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Winburg Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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