Crime Rates at Wood Street, Bradford, BD8 8HY

Wood Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 165th highest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Street (BD8 8HY) in the last 12 months was 265.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 122.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Street (BD8 8HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clarendon Court, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sedgwick Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.