Total Crime Rate
376.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
298.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Butterfield Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horfield , and the 100th 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 Butterfield Close (BS10 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 376.3 per 1,000 residents and was 149.7% higher than the Horfield average (150.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 298.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 287.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Butterfield Close (BS10 5AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Bishopthorpe Lane. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Horfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilbie Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilbie Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tayman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abbots Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishopthorpe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tayman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilbie Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bilbie Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Lucia Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Weston Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellington Crescent | Under investigation |
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