Total Crime Rate

211.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

142.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 211.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 142.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.2 9/10
  • Public order 30.8 10/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tavistock 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tavistock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Tavistock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kerry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tavistock Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Melvin Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Melvin Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melvin Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newry Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newry Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tavistock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Marwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Road
Apr 2026Public order Daventry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Daventry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kerry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kerry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cossington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crediton Crescent
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Instow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Instow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnstaple Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartcliffe Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melvin Square
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartcliffe Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Padstow Road
Apr 2026Other theft Trewint Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trewint Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Instow Walk Under investigation

Data Sources

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