Total Crime Rate
386.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
201.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mede Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Ashley , and the 93rd 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 Mede Close (BS1 6RN) in the last 12 months was 386.9 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% higher than the Ashley average (212.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 201.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mede Close (BS1 6RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redcliff Hill (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Boot Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Whitehouse Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mede Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mede Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boot Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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