Total Crime Rate
179.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arlington Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Brislington East , and the 301st 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 Arlington Road (BS4 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 179.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% higher than the Brislington East average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 108.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arlington Road (BS4 4AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gott Drive, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mardon Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brislington East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gott Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilvert Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gott Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gott Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gott Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gott Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gott Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Highworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mardon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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