Total Crime Rate
65.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Polly Barnes Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Hanham , and the 332nd highest crime rate of 873 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Polly Barnes Close (BS15 3BJ) in the last 12 months was 65.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% higher than the Hanham average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Polly Barnes Close (BS15 3BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laburnum Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Polly Barnes Hill (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hanham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avalon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cherington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monkton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Furber Ridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cherington | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henderson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gillingham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryant'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bryant'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bryant'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryant'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryant'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avalon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ansteys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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