Total Crime Rate
252.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Downend Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Frenchay & Downend , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 873 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Downend Road (BS16 5UE) in the last 12 months was 252.4 per 1,000 residents and was 370.2% higher than the Frenchay & Downend average (53.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Downend Road (BS16 5UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pleasant Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Frenchay & Downend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleeve Hill Extension | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Downend Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasant Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Christchurch Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coronation Road | — |
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