Total Crime Rate
66.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Staples Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Yate Central , and the 295th highest crime rate of 876 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Staples Road (BS37 5EL) in the last 12 months was 66.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% lower than the Yate Central average (98.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -52.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Staples Road (BS37 5EL), the main crime hotspot is near Birch Road. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Yate Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poole Court Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poole Court Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranleigh Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chatterton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madison Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Staples Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mow Barton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mow Barton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crantock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Birch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Leaze | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poole Court Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranleigh Court Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mow Barton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaufort Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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