Total Crime Rate
1238.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
469.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sargent Street 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 Sargent Street (BS3 4BE) 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 Sargent Street (BS3 4BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mede Close, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redcliff Hill (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Philip Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Philip Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somerset Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Somerset Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mede Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mede Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Philip Street | Under investigation |
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