Total Crime Rate

184.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 184.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 75.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.7 10/10
  • Other theft 23.9 10/10
  • Public order 14.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Park Row area has the 28th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 294th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Park Row (BS1 5BJ) in the last 12 months was 184.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Park Row (BS1 5BJ), 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 (127 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Park Row area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Host Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft University Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Colston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Colston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Colston Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lower Park Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft University Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson University Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences University Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Colston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gaunt'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Royal Fort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Narrow Lewins Mead
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A38 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A38 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A38 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A38 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft A38 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Narrow Lewins Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaunt'S Lane
Apr 2026Shoplifting Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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