Total Crime Rate

487.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

176.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 487.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 176.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 126.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.2 10/10
  • Other theft 60.9 10/10
  • Public order 48.3 10/10
  • Robbery 33.6 10/10
  • Burglary 18.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Myrtle Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Bedminster , and the 65th 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 Myrtle Street (BS3 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 487.4 per 1,000 residents and was 394.8% higher than the Bedminster average (98.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 176.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrtle Street (BS3 1BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Myrtle Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jasper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gathorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Dartmouth Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary North Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Upper Sydney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Upper Sydney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Truro Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fairfield Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Gathorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Sydney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Sydney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Sydney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Sydney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balfour Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B3120 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jasper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Dartmouth Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Graham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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