Total Crime Rate

144.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 144.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 41.6 8/10
  • Other theft 31.8 10/10
  • Public order 24.5 10/10
  • Robbery 19.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Waverley Gardens area has the 12th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bishopsworth , and the 384th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waverley Gardens (BS13 8EL) in the last 12 months was 144.3 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Bishopsworth average (104.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 1200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -61.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waverley Gardens (BS13 8EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grange Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gatehouse Close (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waverley Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gay Elms Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornleaze Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cornleaze Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sheepscroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepscroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gatehouse Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Molesworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Molesworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gay Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heggard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heggard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hosey Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hosey Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hosey Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Derham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Innox Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Innox Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Grange Road Suspect charged as part of another case
Sep 2025Shoplifting Grange Road Suspect charged as part of another case
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastridge Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastridge Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastridge Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bishops Cove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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