Total Crime Rate

288.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 288.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.0 10/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Burglary 19.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Other theft 17.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.3 6/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Old Bread Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Ashley , and the 139th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Bread Street (BS2 0FF) in the last 12 months was 288.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.1% higher than the Ashley average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -76.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 118.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 107.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Bread Street (BS2 0FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Market Street, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawford Street (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Bread Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/89)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Tower Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lawford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lawford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawford Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Unity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Unity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Unity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Unity Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lawford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Thomas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Thomas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcross Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ferry Terminal Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Matthias Park Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Old Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Old Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawford Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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