Total Crime Rate
439.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
177.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newland Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 75th 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 Newland Road (BS13 9DY) in the last 12 months was 439.1 per 1,000 residents and was 148.1% 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 Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 3.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 177.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newland Road (BS13 9DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Molesworth Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newland Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthurswood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culverwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pigott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pigott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pigott Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pigott Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molesworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Molesworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Culverwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Culverwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culverwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pesley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Culverwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Culverwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Culverwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claypiece Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthurswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arthurswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arthurswood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arthurswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newland Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arthurswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodmead Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Molesworth Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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