Crime Rates at Hitchings Leaze, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 5FT

Hitchings Leaze area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Charlton & Cribbs , and the 18th highest crime rate of 876 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 Hitchings Leaze (BS34 5FT) in the last 12 months was 341.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% higher than the Charlton & Cribbs average (216.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 202.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 113.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hitchings Leaze (BS34 5FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranbourne Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Leaze (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.