Total Crime Rate

99.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 99.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 45.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Wells Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knowle , and the 638th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wells Road (BS4 2AX) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% higher than the Knowle average (67.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wells Road (BS4 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clyde Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wells Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Bathwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clyde Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaconsfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cemetery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cemetery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hengrove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Clyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calcott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bayham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bayham Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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