Total Crime Rate

357.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 357.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 159.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.9 8/10
  • Other theft 35.7 10/10
  • Public order 33.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Robbery 14.3 10/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Symington Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Eastville , and the 98th 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 Symington Road (BS16 2LL) in the last 12 months was 357.1 per 1,000 residents and was 104.9% higher than the Eastville average (174.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 90.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Symington Road (BS16 2LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Straits Parade (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Symington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Staplehill Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daubeny Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fedden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delabere Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Straits Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Straits Parade —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Bed Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Willow Bed Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pemberton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goffenton Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goffenton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goffenton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridges Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridges Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vassall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Conifers Under investigation

Data Sources

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