Total Crime Rate
1035.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
481.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colston Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 15th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colston Avenue (BS1 4TZ) in the last 12 months was 1035.5 per 1,000 residents and was 98.6% 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 261 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 353 (≈ 481.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colston Avenue (BS1 4TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marsh Street, where police recorded 299 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (141 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Nicholas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Nicholas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lodge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Nicholas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Nicholas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Nicholas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Nicholas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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