Total Crime Rate
185.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hatters Lane area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge , and the 66th 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 Hatters Lane (BS37 6AA) in the last 12 months was 185.1 per 1,000 residents and was 264.3% higher than the Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge average (50.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -53.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 81.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hatters Lane (BS37 6AA), the main crime hotspot is near Broad Street. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmans Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gorlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
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