Total Crime Rate
226.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
163.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hopewell Gardens area has the 13th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston , and the 220th 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 Hopewell Gardens (BS11 0JS) in the last 12 months was 226.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.9% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 163.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hopewell Gardens (BS11 0JS), the main crime hotspot is near Henacre Road. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Playford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humberstan Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humberstan Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mancroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humberstan Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humberstan Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humberstan Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mancroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopewell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Humberstan Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Henacre Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Henacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henacre Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vanbrugh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Humberstan Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Windcliff Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windcliff Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boon Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Humberstan Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Humberstan Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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