Total Crime Rate

206.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

132.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 206.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 132.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.3 10/10
  • Drugs 25.4 10/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thornton Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Manningham , and the 269th 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 Thornton Road (BD8 9NA) in the last 12 months was 206.8 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% higher than the Manningham average (129.5 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 Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -13.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 132.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Road (BD8 9NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitefield Place (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thornton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Agar Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Weetwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Blythe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Back Blythe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Blythe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Blythe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Blythe Avenue —
Apr 2026Other crime Willow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Willow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willow Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weetwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kensington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitefield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Whitefield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Young Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Agar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durham Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitefield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Whitefield Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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