Total Crime Rate
1238.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
469.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Pauls Road area has the highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Bedminster , and the 11th 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 St Pauls Road (BS3 1AH) in the last 12 months was 1238.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1157.1% higher than the Bedminster average (98.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 116 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 77.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 201 (≈ 469.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Pauls Road (BS3 1AH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 281 crimes here, including 90 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Street Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Frances Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Street Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedminster Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedminster Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St John'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Philip Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Philip Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dalby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herbert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bathurst Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | East Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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