Total Crime Rate
248.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cossham Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Emersons Green , and the 44th 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 Cossham Street (BS16 9EW) in the last 12 months was 248.0 per 1,000 residents and was 220.1% higher than the Emersons Green average (77.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cossham Street (BS16 9EW), 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| 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 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Old Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St James Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St James Place | Under investigation |
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