Total Crime Rate
47.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thicket Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Hillfields , and the 350th lowest crime rate of 1,343 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 Thicket Avenue (BS16 4EP) in the last 12 months was 47.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thicket Avenue (BS16 4EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lodge Causeway, where police recorded 157 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cottrell Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forest Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lodge Causeway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thicket Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summerleaze | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Chase | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lodge Causeway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherrytree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechen Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rosedale Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcote Road | Under investigation |
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