Total Crime Rate

123.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 123.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Whitchurch Lane area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 471st 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 Whitchurch Lane (BS13 7TA) in the last 12 months was 123.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitchurch Lane (BS13 7TA), the main crime hotspot is near Hawkfield Way. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitchurch Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wills Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Blackthorn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pigeon House Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pigeon House Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pigeon House Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pigeon House Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawkfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briscoes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Briscoes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briscoes Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Gould Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wills Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wills Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wills Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wills Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wills Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenditch Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenditch Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkfield Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hawkfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawkfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maynard Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maynard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawkfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wills Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawkfield Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wills Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wills Way —

Data Sources

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