Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 25.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.7 4/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 1.1 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tower Lane area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 652nd lowest crime rate of 1,342 local areas in Bristol, City of .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Lane (BS1 2HZ) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% lower than the Central average (514.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Lane (BS1 2HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 741 crimes here, including 319 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Mar 2026Burglary Colston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences The Horsefair Awaiting court outcome
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Other theft St Nicholas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting The Horsefair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting The Horsefair Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Shoplifting The Horsefair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting The Horsefair Local resolution
Mar 2026Shoplifting The Horsefair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting The Horsefair Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Theft from the person The Horsefair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Theft from the person The Horsefair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences The Horsefair Awaiting court outcome
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences The Horsefair Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences The Horsefair Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences The Horsefair Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences The Horsefair Under investigation
Mar 2026Other theft St Nicholas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Crow Lane Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Newmarket Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Street Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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