Total Crime Rate

10.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

10.9 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 10.9 1/10
  • Violent crimes 10.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Windmill Hill , and the 44th lowest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wells Road (BS4 2BE) in the last 12 months was 10.9 per 1,000 residents and was 81.8% lower than the Windmill Hill average (59.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Possession of weapons with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wells Road (BS4 2BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxford Street, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Street (13 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 (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bushy Park —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheapside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences County Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kingstree Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Winton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Winton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mead Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pylle Hill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft New Walls Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bellevue Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winton Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Angers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vernon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Angers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Angers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order County Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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