Total Crime Rate
70.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spencer Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Clayton and Fairweather Green , and the 610th lowest crime rate of 1,552 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 Spencer Road (BD7 2NL) in the last 12 months was 70.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% lower than the Clayton and Fairweather Green average (122.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencer Road (BD7 2NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clayton Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Necropolis Road (16 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 | Scholemoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Wilfrid'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scholemoor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wyvern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Necropolis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birks Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Necropolis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lowell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hollingwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollingwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hollingwood Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Avenue | Under investigation |
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