Total Crime Rate

730.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 730.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 216.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 126.4 10/10
  • Public order 84.3 10/10
  • Other theft 70.2 10/10
  • Burglary 59.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 56.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.5 10/10
  • Drugs 19.7 10/10
  • Robbery 16.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 16.9 6/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Lamb Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Queen'S Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bigwood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bigwood Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Explore Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Explore Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Explore Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Explore Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Explore Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft College Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferry Terminal
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Unity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Unity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Unity Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Culver Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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