Total Crime Rate

50.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shortwood Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 421st lowest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shortwood Road (BS13 0QW) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shortwood Road (BS13 0QW), the main crime hotspot is near Lampton Avenue. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shortwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lampton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teyfant Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chatterton Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatterton Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lampton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hennessy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knightsbridge Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Knightsbridge Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lampton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teyfant Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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