Total Crime Rate

558.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 558.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 190.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 133.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 82.6 10/10
  • Public order 57.0 10/10
  • Other theft 34.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Robbery 8.6 8/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bishopsworth , and the 49th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitchurch Lane (BS13 7TE) in the last 12 months was 558.4 per 1,000 residents and was 432.1% higher than the Bishopsworth average (104.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -82.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 256.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitchurch Lane (BS13 7TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Paddock (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitchurch Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatcombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Luckley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatcombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmwell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Farmwell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farmwell Close
Sep 2025Other crime Gatcombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Paddock Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Paddock Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Paddock Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Paddock Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Luckley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Smithmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hillcrest Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colemead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colemead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colemead Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gatehouse Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gatehouse Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Fulford Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Luckley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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