Total Crime Rate
506.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
265.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Ground Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Charlton & Cribbs , and the 11th 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 Long Ground Road (BS34 5FH) in the last 12 months was 506.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% higher than the Charlton & Cribbs average (270.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 265.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Ground Road (BS34 5FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranbourne Road, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Leaze (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Boulevard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Leaze | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wood Leaze | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Leaze | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borkley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borkley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Field | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sparrowbill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thirlmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sparrowbill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Charlton Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eighteen Acre Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Leaze Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Leaze Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ground Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hitchings Leaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Skinners Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Skinners Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Over Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tall Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Skinners Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodway Road | — |
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