Total Crime Rate
15.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pomphrey Hill area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Emersons Green , and the 95th lowest 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 Pomphrey Hill (BS16 9NE) in the last 12 months was 15.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 154.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pomphrey Hill (BS16 9NE), the main crime hotspot is near Cossham Street. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Emersons Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cossham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelers Patch | 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 | The Old Orchard | Under investigation |
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