Crime Rates at Dowling Road, Bristol, BS13 0HA

Dowling Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 372nd highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dowling Road (BS13 0HA) in the last 12 months was 149.2 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% lower than the Hartcliffe and Withywood average (181.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 105.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dowling Road (BS13 0HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peterson Square, where police recorded 295 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Silcox Road (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.