Total Crime Rate
246.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Weetwood Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in City , and the 188th 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 Weetwood Road (BD8 9ER) in the last 12 months was 246.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 133.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weetwood Road (BD8 9ER), the main crime hotspot is near Back Blythe Avenue. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lennon Drive | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Blythe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Back Blythe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Blythe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Blythe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Blythe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whetley Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythe Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lennon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jarratt Street (East) | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rosse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weetwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Weetwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weetwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weetwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weetwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rosse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whetley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whetley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whetley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whetley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whetley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Naples Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitefield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitefield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitefield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitefield Place | Under investigation |
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