Total Crime Rate
100.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Nicholas Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Ashley , and the 600th 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 St Nicholas Road (BS2 9JX) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Nicholas Road (BS2 9JX), the main crime hotspot is near Ashfield Place. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Franklyn Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ashfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklyn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklyn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklyn Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilson Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Cheltenham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lower Cheltenham Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Cheltenham Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Houlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Houlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Houlton Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Houlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brook Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fern Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tudor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | White Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | White Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Street | Under investigation |
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