Total Crime Rate
249.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Speckled Wood Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Charfield , and the 32nd 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 Speckled Wood Road (BS35 1FJ) in the last 12 months was 249.3 per 1,000 residents and was 248.1% higher than the Charfield average (71.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (β 141.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Speckled Wood Road (BS35 1FJ), the main crime hotspot is near Charles Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marbled White Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charles Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peacock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Brown Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Brown Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadow Brown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadow Brown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Butt Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butt Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purple Emperor Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Charles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Red Admiral Way | β |
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