Total Crime Rate
211.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tavistock Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Filwood , and the 245th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
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 Tavistock Road (BS4 1DN) in the last 12 months was 211.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% higher than the Filwood average (135.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 142.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tavistock Road (BS4 1DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Daventry Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melvin Square (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Knowle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tavistock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kerry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melvin Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melvin Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melvin Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newry Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newry Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavistock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Daventry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Daventry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kerry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kerry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cossington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crediton Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Instow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Instow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnstaple Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartcliffe Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melvin Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartcliffe Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Padstow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trewint Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trewint Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Instow Walk | Under investigation |
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