Total Crime Rate

55.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 33.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.0 7/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whiting Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hartcliffe and Withywood , and the 410th lowest crime rate of 1,343 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 Whiting Road (BS13 9EX) in the last 12 months was 55.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whiting Road (BS13 9EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Molesworth Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheepscroft (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whiting Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Culverwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Arthurswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Arthurswood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Arthurswood Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Arthurswood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthurswood Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthurswood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Claypiece Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rodmead Walk
Apr 2026Other theft Culverwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Withywood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Culverwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culverwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culverwell Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pigott Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Pigott Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Pigott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pigott Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Culverwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Culverwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pesley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Newland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Pesley Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Molesworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Newland Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiting Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Innox Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sheepscroft Under investigation

Data Sources

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