Total Crime Rate
105.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bradford Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fenside , and the 66th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Boston .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bradford Road (PE21 8BJ) in the last 12 months was 105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% higher than the Fenside average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bradford Road (PE21 8BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodville Road, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorhen Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodville Gardens East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bunting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorhen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carver Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodville Gardens East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Woodville Gardens East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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