Total Crime Rate

100.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 4/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackthorn Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bradley Stoke North , and the 165th highest crime rate of 876 local areas in South Gloucestershire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackthorn Drive (BS32 8BY) in the last 12 months was 100.6 per 1,000 residents and was 130.9% higher than the Bradley Stoke North average (43.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 77.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 116.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackthorn Drive (BS32 8BY), the main crime hotspot is near Carter Walk. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackthorn Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Somerby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merryweather Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Carter Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carter Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carter Walk Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornbeam Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Hornbeam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hornbeam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ash Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mautravers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Willows Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Carter Walk Under investigation
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Data Sources

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