Total Crime Rate

127.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.2 8/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.9 10/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle 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

Island Gardens area has the 31st highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Eastville , and the 452nd highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

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 Island Gardens (BS16 1BU) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% lower than the Eastville average (174.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Island Gardens (BS16 1BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bell Hill, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welsford Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Island Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Glenfrome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Glenfrome Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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