Total Crime Rate

65.5 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 65.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 Walk area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Hillfields , and the 539th lowest crime rate of 1,352 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 Walk (BS16 4DB) in the last 12 months was 65.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% lower than the Hillfields average (82.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Walk (BS16 4DB), the main crime hotspot is near Lodge Causeway. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodcote Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lodge Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lodge Causeway
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thicket Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodcote Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherrytree Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cottrell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lodge Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary King John'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosedale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order The Greenway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lodge Causeway Under investigation

Data Sources

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