Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
163.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farmer Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bishopsworth , and the 188th highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Farmer Road (BS13 8RH) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 110.1% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 163.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farmer Road (BS13 8RH), the main crime hotspot is near Borleyton Walk. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hartcliffe and Withywood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Coppice | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Four Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hersey Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hersey Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hersey Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hersey Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farmer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borleyton Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borleyton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borleyton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borleyton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Borleyton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borleyton Walk | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Four Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Four Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billand Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billand Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsepool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsepool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Four Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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