Total Crime Rate

45.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 16th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Eastville , and the 371st lowest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

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 Forest Road (BS16 3QT) in the last 12 months was 45.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 146.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (BS16 3QT), the main crime hotspot is near Lodge Causeway. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 44 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charminster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Linden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mayfield Park South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linden Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Charminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Charminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Park South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitefield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charminster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lodge Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lodge Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lodge Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Enfield Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lodge Causeway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Filwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Filwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Filwood Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Causeway Under investigation

Data Sources

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