Total Crime Rate
59.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Kingswood , and the 377th highest crime rate of 873 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
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 Church Road (BS15 4BD) in the last 12 months was 59.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% lower than the Kingswood average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 44.4% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (BS15 4BD), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kingswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barrington Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barrington Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Cheltenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Cheltenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Southey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trinity Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trinity Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trinity Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Crescent | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Crescent | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Neville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mulberry Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southey Avenue | Under investigation |
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