Total Crime Rate
77.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roydscliffe Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 687th lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Bradford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roydscliffe Road (BD9 5PN) in the last 12 months was 77.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% lower than the Heaton average (106.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roydscliffe Road (BD9 5PN), the main crime hotspot is near Cliffe Wood Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bradford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shay Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roydscliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roydscliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roydscliffe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roydscliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roydscliffe Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roydscliffe Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Duchy Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shay Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Toller Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Duchy Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shay Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haworth Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shay Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shay Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shay Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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