Total Crime Rate

493.5 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 493.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 219.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 95.7 10/10
  • Public order 69.6 10/10
  • Other theft 28.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Somerset Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Central , and the 56th 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 Somerset Street (BS2 8LZ) in the last 12 months was 493.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% higher than the Central average (455.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 134 (≈ 291.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerset Street (BS2 8LZ), the main crime hotspot is near Cannon Street. Police recorded 272 crimes here, including 107 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Somerset Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/173)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Square Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Dighton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dighton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary King Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs King Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Gay Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Gay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lower Gay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lower Gay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Gay Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Square Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Dighton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Square Avenue —
Sep 2025Theft from the person King Square Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime King Square Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime King Square Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sydenham Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Sydenham Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs B4051 Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs B4051 Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Possession of weapons B4051 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order B4051 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Dighton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princess Row —
Sep 2025Public order B4051 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Whitson Street Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 173

Data Sources

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