Total Crime Rate
564.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
216.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Cross area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston , and the 49th 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 Long Cross (BS11 0LL) in the last 12 months was 564.8 per 1,000 residents and was 279.1% 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 216.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Cross (BS11 0LL), 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 | Drugs | Henacre Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Windcliff Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henacre Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Henacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vanbrugh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mancroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mancroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopewell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henacre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boon Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Playford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windcliff Crescent | Under investigation |
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