Total Crime Rate
376.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
140.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Ashley , and the 101st 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 Victoria Street (BS1 6BY) in the last 12 months was 376.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% higher than the Ashley average (212.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 140.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Street (BS1 6BY), the main crime hotspot is near Fairfax Street. Police recorded 279 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Weir | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Counterslip | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Counterslip | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Counterslip | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marybush Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Long Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fairfax Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Thomas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Long Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Long Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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