Total Crime Rate

138.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 138.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Sweets Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Kingswood , and the 89th highest crime rate of 876 local areas in South Gloucestershire .

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 Sweets Road (BS15 1XE) in the last 12 months was 138.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% higher than the Kingswood average (112.2 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 95.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sweets Road (BS15 1XE), the main crime hotspot is near Crown Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sweets Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sweets Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lansdown Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sweets Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilltop Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nympsfield Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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