Total Crime Rate

47.5 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 47.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bowden Place area has the 27th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Emersons Green , and the 432nd highest crime rate of 876 local areas in South Gloucestershire .

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 Bowden Place (BS16 6RA) in the last 12 months was 47.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% lower than the Emersons Green average (69.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowden Place (BS16 6RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westerleigh Close, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowden Place (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bowden Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Westerleigh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Kingston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakeford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakeford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakeford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodhall Close

Data Sources

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