Total Crime Rate

125.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 62.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.9 8/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.4 5/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hounds Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge , and the 123rd 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 Hounds Road (BS37 6EE) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 147.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hounds Road (BS37 6EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broad Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hounds Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodmans Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broad Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodmans Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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