Total Crime Rate
208.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newland Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 236th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newland Road (BS13 9DS) in the last 12 months was 208.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 143.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newland Road (BS13 9DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Culverwell Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Molesworth Close (21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doveswell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Doveswell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gay Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gay Elms Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Molesworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Molesworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Culverwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pigott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pigott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pesley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pesley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pigott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fair Furlong | Under investigation |
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