Total Crime Rate

56.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.3 5/10
  • Violent crimes 46.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitchurch Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bishopsworth , and the 421st lowest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitchurch Road (BS13 7SP) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% lower than the Bishopsworth average (119.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 18 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitchurch Road (BS13 7SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gatehouse Close (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitchurch Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gatehouse Close
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gatehouse Way
Apr 2026Public order Gatehouse Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornleaze Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gatehouse Way
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gatehouse Way
Apr 2026Burglary Gatehouse Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Colemead
Apr 2026Burglary Gatehouse Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gatehouse Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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