Total Crime Rate
278.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
171.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Somerset Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Ashley , and the 160th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Somerset Street (BS1 6RY) in the last 12 months was 278.1 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 171.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Somerset Street (BS1 6RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mede Close, where police recorded 94 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 | 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 | Ship Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Whitehouse Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitchell Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Spring Street Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mead Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Somerset Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
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