Total Crime Rate

166.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 166.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.8 9/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Prewett Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Ashley , and the 308th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prewett Street (BS1 6PB) in the last 12 months was 166.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% lower than the Ashley average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 95.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prewett Street (BS1 6PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redcliff Hill (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prewett Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mede Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prewett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Prewett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mede Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mede Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mede Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mede Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mede Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redcliff Mead Lane
Sep 2025Other theft Redcliff Mead Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Thomas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitehouse Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ship Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ship Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ship Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Road
Sep 2025Other theft Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Somerset Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canynge Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canynge Street
Sep 2025Other theft Canynge Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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