Total Crime Rate
287.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoneleigh Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Knowle , and the 153rd 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 Stoneleigh Crescent (BS4 2RG) in the last 12 months was 287.7 per 1,000 residents and was 326.2% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 113.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoneleigh Crescent (BS4 2RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paignton Square, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melbury Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Knowle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoneleigh Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossways Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paignton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calcott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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