Total Crime Rate
361.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Union Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 1,554 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 Union Road (BD7 3HN) in the last 12 months was 361.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% lower than the City average (387.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 171.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Road (BD7 3HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cousen Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horton Grange Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waverley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waverley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Horton Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horton Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cousen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bempton Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bempton Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bempton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bempton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Estcourt Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cousen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cousen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cousen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Horton Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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