Total Crime Rate
3109.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1656.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gloucester Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Gloucester Place (BS2 8DU) in the last 12 months was 3109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 496.4% higher than the Central average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -15.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 333 (≈ 1656.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gloucester Place (BS2 8DU), the main crime hotspot is near Whitson Street. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Park Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Host Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Host Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Host Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Host Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Whitson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Host Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Host Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Host Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Montague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A38 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A38 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A38 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A38 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rupert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rupert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Maudlin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Maudlin Street | Under investigation |
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