Total Crime Rate

849.2 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 849.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 251.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 198.4 10/10
  • Public order 90.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 68.8 10/10
  • Other theft 55.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.4 10/10
  • Robbery 18.5 10/10
  • Burglary 15.9 10/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
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

Cole Road area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Lawrence Hill , and the 24th 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 Cole Road (BS2 0UG) in the last 12 months was 849.2 per 1,000 residents and was 306.9% higher than the Lawrence Hill average (208.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 139 (≈ 367.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cole Road (BS2 0UG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cole Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Philips Causeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Feeder Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Feeder Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Feeder Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Canterbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Western Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aiken Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aiken Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aiken Street
Sep 2025Other theft Aiken Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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