Total Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bishopsworth , and the 407th lowest crime rate of 1,343 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 Vicarage Road (BS13 8ES) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Road (BS13 8ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vicarage Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lamington Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bishopsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentire Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vicarage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fernsteed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentire Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denston Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denston Walk | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Head Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Walnut Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walnut Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Watchill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentire Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vicarage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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