Total Crime Rate
4210.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1822.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadmead area has the highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
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 Broadmead (BS1 3EA) in the last 12 months was 4210.5 per 1,000 residents and was 707.5% higher than the Central average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 485 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , down -7.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 56.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -22.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 935 (≈ 1822.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadmead (BS1 3EA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 596 crimes here, including 264 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newmarket Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newmarket Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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