Total Crime Rate
267.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gay Elms Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 169th highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Gay Elms Road (BS13 9AZ) in the last 12 months was 267.2 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% higher than the Hartcliffe and Withywood average (177.0 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 Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 162.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gay Elms Road (BS13 9AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Grange Road. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatehouse Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pesley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Riverland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cowler Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Molesworth Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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