Crap Towns / Bradford / Crime

How much crime is there in Bradford?

The police recorded 145 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Bradford from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 68.9. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 143, down from 146 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	146	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	146	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	143	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	68.9	34.1
Public order	13.3	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	12.5	7.0
Other theft	10.4	5.4
Vehicle crime	8.8	3.8
Burglary	7.1	3.1
Drugs	7.0	2.4
Shoplifting	6.8	7.1
Other crime	5.0	2.0
Robbery	2.0	0.6
Theft from the person	1.5	0.4
Possession of weapons	1.3	0.8
Bicycle theft	0.7	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Bradford	–	145
Cleckheaton	8.1 km	125
Shipley	4.3 km	118
Thornton	5.3 km	115
Pudsey	5.9 km	88.1
Drighlington	8.0 km	75.7
Queensbury	6.6 km	74.9
Bingley	8.0 km	73.4
Baildon	6.1 km	71.1
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	6.3 km	65.9
Shelf and Northowram	7.1 km	51.5
The typical town	–	76.2