Total Crime Rate
439.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
177.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bishport Close 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 Bishport Close (BS13 9LN) 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 Bishport Close (BS13 9LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bishport Close, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kencot Walk (27 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 | Binmead Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murford Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bishport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bishport Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bishport Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hogues Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honey Garston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honey Garston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honey Garston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Honey Garston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Honey Garston Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binmead Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honey Garston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Murford Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishport Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honey Garston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartgill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartgill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartgill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kencot Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourchier Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Herridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bishport Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binmead Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binmead Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Binmead Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishport Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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