Crime Rates at City Road, Bristol, BS2 8TX

City Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Ashley , and the 271st highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around City Road (BS2 8TX) in the last 12 months was 184.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% higher than the Ashley average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around City Road (BS2 8TX), the main crime hotspot is near Stokes Croft. Police recorded 135 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.