Total Crime Rate
220.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deanery Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 231st highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Deanery Road (BS1 5AF) in the last 12 months was 220.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% lower 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 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 99.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deanery Road (BS1 5AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 160 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Berkeley Avenue (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hotwells and Harbourside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Park Street Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Partition Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Explore Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Explore Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Explore Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Explore Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Explore Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Explore Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Explore Lane | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Explore Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Explore Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Explore Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Anchor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
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