Total Crime Rate
730.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Lamb Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Central , and the 31st highest crime rate of 1,352 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 Lower Lamb Street (BS1 5UD) in the last 12 months was 730.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% higher than the Central average (455.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -78.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 317.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Lamb Street (BS1 5UD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 73 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Queen'S Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bigwood Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bigwood Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Culver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Explore Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Explore Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Explore Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Explore Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Explore Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Unity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Unity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Unity Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Culver Street | Under investigation |
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