Total Crime Rate

133.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

77.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 133.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 77.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forest Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Hillfields , and the 457th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forest Road (BS16 3ST) in the last 12 months was 133.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% higher than the Hillfields average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (BS16 3ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charminster Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beechen Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chewton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Filwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chewton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forest Avenue —
Apr 2026Other theft Forest Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosedale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beechen Drive —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beechen Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beechen Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Rosedale Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Radley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Filwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Broadoak Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Filwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briar Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Filwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Beachgrove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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