Total Crime Rate

118.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 118.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ridgeway Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Hengrove and Whitchurch Park , and the 491st highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ridgeway Lane (BS14 9PN) in the last 12 months was 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park average (114.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -81.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgeway Lane (BS14 9PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Nicholas Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gilda Square East (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgeway Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilda Square East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pennard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilda Square West Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gilda Square West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gilda Square West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchways Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Allerton Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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