Total Crime Rate

163.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 163.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thornton Old Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Clayton and Fairweather Green , and the 405th highest crime rate of 1,554 local areas in Bradford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornton Old Road (BD8 0HT) in the last 12 months was 163.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.1% higher than the Clayton and Fairweather Green average (117.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Old Road (BD8 0HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shuttleworth Lane, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tintern Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thornton Old Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lund Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jesse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shuttleworth Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shuttleworth Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gilynda Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossley Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lund Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lund Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middlebrook Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middlebrook Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tintern Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shuttleworth Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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