Total Crime Rate
974.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
496.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 18th 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 Park Street (BS1 5NU) in the last 12 months was 974.3 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% 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 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 135 (≈ 496.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Street (BS1 5NU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hotwells and Harbourside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Lamb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Lamb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Anchor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anchor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anchor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bigwood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deanery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | University Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | University Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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