Crime Rates at Thornton Road, Bradford, BD8 9BQ

Thornton Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,554 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 Thornton Road (BD8 9BQ) in the last 12 months was 661.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% higher than the City average (387.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 159 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 159.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Road (BD8 9BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 241 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willow Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.