Total Crime Rate
9.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leighton Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Bedminster , and the 32nd lowest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leighton Road (BS3 1NR) in the last 12 months was 9.2 per 1,000 residents and was 89.9% lower than the Bedminster average (90.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Leighton Road (BS3 1NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cooperage Lane, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coronation Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bedminster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gasferry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrywood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Sydney Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cooperage Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cooperage Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Upton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lime Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B3120 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrywood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Merrywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Merrywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Merrywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Graham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrywood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mount Pleasant Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A370 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartmouth Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgeware Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Langton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Langton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Upper Sydney Street | Under investigation |
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