Total Crime Rate

255.2 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 255.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.6 10/10
  • Public order 55.2 10/10
  • Other theft 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashton Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Bedminster , and the 168th highest crime rate of 1,352 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 Ashton Road (BS3 2EG) in the last 12 months was 255.2 per 1,000 residents and was 181.0% higher than the Bedminster average (90.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (β‰ˆ 151.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashton Road (BS3 2EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Jessop Underpass Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wedlock Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wedlock Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashton Gate Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raynes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wells Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardy Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardy Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farleys Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Francis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Farleys Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bath Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clift Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wells Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farleys Yard β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Farleys Yard Under investigation

Data Sources

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