Total Crime Rate
312.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hanover Place area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 132nd 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 Hanover Place (BS1 6XT) in the last 12 months was 312.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% lower than the Central average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 128.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hanover Place (BS1 6XT), the main crime hotspot is near Ferry Terminal. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hotwells and Harbourside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gefle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hanover Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hanover Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beauley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beauley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gasferry Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cooperage Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gefle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferry Terminal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cliftonwood Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A370 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phipps Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phipps Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Phipps Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Phipps Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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