Total Crime Rate
116.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Hanham , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 873 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 Chapel Road (BS15 8SD) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Road (BS15 8SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laburnum Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Hanham Road (9 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 | Chapel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Chapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunters Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tudor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Creswicke Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ansteys Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Bottom Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Bottom Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magpie Bottom Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lower Hanham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lower Hanham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Hanham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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