Total Crime Rate

492.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

251.9 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 492.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 251.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 192.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.7 10/10
  • Public order 44.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.7 10/10
  • Drugs 33.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.3 10/10
  • Other theft 22.2 10/10
  • Other crime 18.5 10/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

York Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Bedminster , and the 64th highest crime rate of 1,343 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 York Road (BS3 4AB) in the last 12 months was 492.6 per 1,000 residents and was 400.0% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 251.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (BS3 4AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Somerset Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in York Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redcliff Mead Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mead Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Spring Street Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Pylle Hill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bellevue Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Redcliff Mead Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Luke'S Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vernon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cattle Market Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Chatterton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Somerset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Cattle Market Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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