Crime Rates at Briar Way, Bristol, BS16 4EA

Briar Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Hillfields , and the 634th lowest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Briar Way (BS16 4EA) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briar Way (BS16 4EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bexley Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lewington Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.