Total Crime Rate
287.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
169.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scholemoor Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Clayton and Fairweather Green , and the 138th 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 Scholemoor Road (BD7 2PD) in the last 12 months was 287.8 per 1,000 residents and was 135.0% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 169.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scholemoor Road (BD7 2PD), the main crime hotspot is near Club Street. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 31 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Terrace | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Necropolis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Necropolis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wyvern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scholemoor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Wilfrid'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lidget Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lidget Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lidget Place | 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 | Summer Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lowell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northside Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendare Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilkinson Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendare Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glendare Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydgate Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendare Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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