Total Crime Rate
388.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Botham Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Brislington West , and the 92nd 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 Botham Drive (BS4 5HR) in the last 12 months was 388.1 per 1,000 residents and was 185.2% higher than the Brislington West average (136.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 102.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Botham Drive (BS4 5HR), the main crime hotspot is near Prestwick Close. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yelverton Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yelverton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yelverton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4174 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestwick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hungerford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hungerford Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hungerford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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