Total Crime Rate
435.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hayes Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Lawrence Hill , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .
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 Hayes Close (BS2 0AG) in the last 12 months was 435.0 per 1,000 residents and was 108.4% higher than the Lawrence Hill average (208.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 203.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hayes Close (BS2 0AG), the main crime hotspot is near Harleston Street. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lawrence Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winsford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Winsford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winsford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talvera Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talvera Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beaufort Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harleston Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashman Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harleston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodhind Street | — |
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