Total Crime Rate
63.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elmleigh Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Emersons Green , and the 350th highest crime rate of 873 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
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 Elmleigh Road (BS16 9ES) in the last 12 months was 63.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% lower than the Emersons Green average (77.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 1400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmleigh Road (BS16 9ES), the main crime hotspot is near St James Place. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Staple Hill & Mangotsfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Old Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossham Street | Under investigation |
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