Total Crime Rate

122.4 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 122.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 7/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Walsh Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Hengrove and Whitchurch Park , and the 473rd 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 Walsh Avenue (BS14 9SH) in the last 12 months was 122.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 72.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walsh Avenue (BS14 9SH), the main crime hotspot is near Loxton Square. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walsh Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Button Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Loxton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clatworthy Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Great Hayles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Great Hayles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Hayles Road
Sep 2025Other theft Stavordale Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Button Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Button Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarnock Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clatworthy Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order New Meadows Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Fanshawe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Leda Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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