Total Crime Rate
235.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wedmore Vale area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Filwood , and the 204th 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 Wedmore Vale (BS3 5JA) in the last 12 months was 235.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% higher than the Filwood average (135.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 130.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wedmore Vale (BS3 5JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Daventry Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tavistock Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Knowle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newry Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedmore Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kerry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kerry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kerry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newry Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Galway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melvin Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melvin Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wingfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wedmore Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Daventry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tavistock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavistock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melvin Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedmore Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedmore Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melvin Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Daventry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Daventry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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