Total Crime Rate
193.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
138.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eighteen Acre Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Charlton & Cribbs , and the 64th 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 Eighteen Acre Drive (BS34 5GE) in the last 12 months was 193.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.5% lower than the Charlton & Cribbs average (270.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (β 138.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eighteen Acre Drive (BS34 5GE), the main crime hotspot is near Wood Leaze. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borkley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Leaze | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wood Leaze | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Leaze | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hitchings Leaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hitchings Leaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Leaze Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Field | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borkley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tall Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Leaze Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eighteen Acre Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Boulevard | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Charlton Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ground Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calves Garden | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollow Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollow Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollow Mead | β |
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