Total Crime Rate
130.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rudgewood Close area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 469th highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Rudgewood Close (BS13 0LP) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% lower than the Hartcliffe and Withywood average (177.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 93.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rudgewood Close (BS13 0LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peterson Square, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Silcox Road (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxleaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Great Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faber Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Faber Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxleaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxleaze | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silcox Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silcox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Silcox Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Wood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Wood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxleaze | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxleaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silcox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faber Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wroughton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walwyn Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wroughton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sampsons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pigeon House Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holbrook Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgewood Close | Under investigation |
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