Total Crime Rate

97.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 97.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.9 4/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hicks Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Emersons Green , and the 171st highest crime rate of 876 local areas in South Gloucestershire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hicks Avenue (BS16 7HA) in the last 12 months was 97.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% higher 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hicks Avenue (BS16 7HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hicks Avenue, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bye Mead (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hicks Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromfield Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Adderly Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adderly Gate —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hicks Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adderly Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bye Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cousins Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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