Total Crime Rate

65.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.9 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 65.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 26.9 5/10
  • Drugs 18.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.8 4/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tower Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Eastville , and the 500th 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 Tower Road (BS15 1PG) in the last 12 months was 65.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Eastville average (171.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Road (BS15 1PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near May Street, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hampton Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Ingleside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Handel Cossham Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handel Cossham Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Lodge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting May Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downend Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ingleside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ingleside Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences May Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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