Total Crime Rate

80.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

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 4EB) 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 4EB), the main crime hotspot is near Ledbury Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Briar Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Briar Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maywood Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ledbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ledbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Three Oaks Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Marshfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadoak Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Idstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Idstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Maywood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Briar Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Staplehill Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thicket Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Idstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosedale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maywood Road

Data Sources

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