Divisional Commander: Chief Superintendent Alison Rose
Welcome to West Yorkshire Police Bradford South Division
Below you will find contact information and opening times for our main local stations. Above is a Divisional index with links to our Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs). Once you find your local NPT page, you will be able to subscribe to receive free, regular updates via email.
You can contact the police at any time by telephone:
Telephone 999 in an emergency where there is a danger to life, or a crime is in progress.
Telephone 0845 6060606 for non-emergencies where police attendance is required, to report a crime or to report any other incidents. .
You can also contact your local team direct by phone or by email, use the links above to find your local team and their respective contact details.
Bradford South (Divisional Headquarters) Trafalgar House Nelson Street Bradford BD5 0DX
Bradford South is one of two Divisions in the Bradford Metropolitan District. It covers an area of 4,320 hectares with a population of 120,800 people and approximately 50,000 dwellings. The division comprises a busy City Centre and densely populated residential communities. It shares boundaries with 5 other West Yorkshire Police divisions.
The City Centre is undergoing significant regeneration and is fast becoming a cosmopolitan area with a café culture and thriving nightlife. It boasts the award-winning National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, the Alhambra Theatre, with Art Deco exterior, and the Leisure Exchange. Bradford’s University and College attract 30,000 students (2,600 from overseas). During the day up to 250,000 non-resident visitors come into the area for work and leisure. The Police work with the District Council and many other partners to promote community safety and provide an enjoyable reassured visit to the City Centre. The Best Bar None licensing scheme, City Centre Beat, Big Fish, CCTV monitoring and the Students and Safer Housing project (SASH) are a few of the strategies operating.
Away from the City Centre the Division comprises 8 of Bradford’s 13 larger housing estates. Although these are some of the Country’s most socially deprived wards; much work is taking place to raise the profile of these areas. The Trident project has invested much needed European funding to address the low educational attainment rates and high unemployment within its designated catchment area.
Attractions outside the City include two main sporting venues (Bradford City Football Club and Bradford Bulls Rugby League Club) and Bolling Hall museum.
The population is ethnically, religiously and socially diverse with 74% being classified as white and 26% non-white. Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and other faiths are represented across the Division. The West Bowling, Marshfields, Little Horton, Great Horton, Leeds Road and Barkerend areas are home to a substantial community originating from the Asian sub continent. The Cornwall Road area near to the football ground hosts a predominately Bangladeshi community. A large African-Caribbean community lives in the Little Horton and Ripleyville areas. There are also clusters of refugee and European Community groups throughout the Division as well as a local authority provided and maintained Travellers’ site. Many religious festivals are celebrated throughout the year.
September 2010 Happily I can report that total crime in Bradford South for the month of July went down from 1,949 in July 2009 to 1,809 in 2010 with some excellent detection rates to add to this. I am optimistic that this trend will continue over the coming months.
The month of September sees the return of schoolchildren and students to their studies. Consequently local roads become busier and thus parking around local schools can become a problem. Please remember when driving your child to school that they are correctly secured in a booster seat, where appropriate, and with a seat belt on. Always park away from the school to avoid danger to children crossing roads and wherever possible walk your child to school to avoid the traffic hazards that can result from too many cars being parked inappropriately near school buildings.
Those communities who have been observing Ramadan can look forward to celebrating the Eid festival in September with their families and friends.
Several NPT teams are planning days of action during this month - one is due to take place in Low Moor on the 14th, one in the Daisy Hill area on the 23rd and in Girlington on the 28th. The Great Horton Community Festival is also due to take place on the 18th in Brakenhill Park.
On Sunday 1st August 2010 Trafalgar House was opened to the public and over 2,500 people attended a special Open Day. All departments were represented and officers were on hand to explain their roles within the service.
One of the most popular attractions was a tour of the station with children being particularly excited about seeing the police cells where they had their fingerprints taken and some fun ‘wanted’ posters created.
The Open Day was a great success and gave the people of Bradford the opportunity to observe how their local police service operates and meet with officers.
The past few weeks has seen a spate of number plate thefts which has prompted the return of the popular number plate securing scheme. Officers from the Little and Great Horton NPTs offered to secure vehicle number plates on the Canterbury Estate to help protect drivers against vehicle related fraud and crime. During the initiative a total of 20 vehicles had their number plates secured with anti-tamper security screws.
Registration plates stolen from cars are often fitted to vehicles used in crimes making them much harder to track and helping to disguise the identity of the driver. Having these screws fitted is a simple measure to reduce the risk that your number plate will be targeted and initiatives like this provide a good way for the police to engage with the community.
Bradford District has been at the forefront in recovering over £500,000 from criminals over the past 12 months under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) which allows us to take cash and property away from those who benefit from crime. The cash is then invested into local communities where it is most needed.
Recent successes include the forfeiture of £5710.00 seized following the execution of a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act, and a high valued Porsche forfeited by an organised Crime Group. I can assure you that my officers will continue to ensure that no one benefits from their wrongdoings.
NPT officers continue to liaise with local residents via local PACT meetings, whilst on patrols and during action days, but one issue that appears regularly on the agenda is that of anti-social behaviour. As I have said previously, this is something we always take seriously and we will continue to deal with offenders quickly and robustly whilst at the same time providing support for the victims of this type of behaviour. Don’t suffer in silence – contact us!
Finally on the 28th August 2010 we faced our biggest operational challenge in nearly a decade when protesters came to the City. With your support we policed the events successfully. I am proud of this City, proud of West Yorkshire Police and proud of the role Community Policing played last weekend.
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