Total Crime Rate
157.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower High Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston , and the 366th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lower High Street (BS11 0AB) in the last 12 months was 157.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% higher than the Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston average (149.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower High Street (BS11 0AB), the main crime hotspot is near Shire Gardens. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shire Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Weston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kings Weston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Tecla Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antona Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shire Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penpole Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antona Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Antona Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Antona Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Antona Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lower High Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shire Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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