Total Crime Rate
305.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
219.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plantation Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Heaton , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 1,552 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 Plantation Drive (BD9 6SR) in the last 12 months was 305.8 per 1,000 residents and was 186.8% higher 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 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 122 (≈ 219.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 165.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plantation Drive (BD9 6SR), the main crime hotspot is near Redbrook Way. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 73 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 | Robbery | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Redbrook Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Redbrook Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Redbrook Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbrook Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plantation Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Plantation Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Crescent | Under investigation |
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