Total Crime Rate
167.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marwood Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Filwood , and the 334th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marwood Road (BS4 1LQ) in the last 12 months was 167.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 115.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marwood Road (BS4 1LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tavistock Road, where police recorded 50 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 Filwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melvin Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melvin Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trewint Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Padstow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartcliffe Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartcliffe Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnstaple Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filwood Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melvin Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melvin Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Instow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Instow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newry Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newry Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnstaple Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trewint Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnstaple Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyrone Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bantry Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cossington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Galway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnstaple Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Instow Walk | Under investigation |
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