Total Crime Rate

37.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cottle Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Stockwood , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottle Road (BS14 8QR) in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% lower than the Stockwood average (107.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottle Road (BS14 8QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burnbush Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warman Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cottle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townsend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townsend Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Townsend Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornish Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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