Total Crime Rate
28.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pylle Hill Crescent area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Windmill Hill , and the 174th lowest crime rate of 1,343 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 Pylle Hill Crescent (BS3 4TZ) in the last 12 months was 28.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% lower than the Windmill Hill average (59.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pylle Hill Crescent (BS3 4TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montgomery Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Windmill Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marmaduke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bellevue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushy Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pylle Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mead Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Luke'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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