Total Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Molesworth Drive area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 491st lowest crime rate of 1,352 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 Molesworth Drive (BS13 9BJ) in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% lower than the Hartcliffe and Withywood average (181.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Molesworth Drive (BS13 9BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gatehouse Court, where police recorded 45 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.
View Crime In Hartcliffe and Withywood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pigott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heggard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Doveswell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doveswell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heggard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hosey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pigott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hosey Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hosey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Innox Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Innox Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Culverwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gatehouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatehouse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gay Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatehouse Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vowell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatehouse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatehouse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gatehouse Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gatehouse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fair Furlong | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sheepscroft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gay Elms Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheepscroft | Under investigation |
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