Total Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broad Croft area has the 19th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bradley Stoke North , and the 240th highest crime rate of 873 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
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 Broad Croft (BS32 0BD) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% higher than the Bradley Stoke North average (49.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broad Croft (BS32 0BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broad Croft, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Gate (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cooks Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broad Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broad Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferndene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Teal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Broad Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broad Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broad Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pear Tree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chessel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cooks Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kites Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chessel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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