Total Crime Rate

81.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Forest Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Hanham , and the 230th highest crime rate of 876 local areas in South Gloucestershire .

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 Forest Road (BS15 8EJ) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% higher than the Hanham average (58.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (BS15 8EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Peacocks Lane. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cabot Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Douglas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oakfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peacocks Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peacocks Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peacocks Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coberley Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cabot Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cabot Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trevethin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kings Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kings Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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