Total Crime Rate

104.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.9 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 104.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 45.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.0 8/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Barrow Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Lawrence Hill , and the 607th 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 Barrow Road (BS5 0ED) in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% lower than the Lawrence Hill average (211.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barrow Road (BS5 0ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lincoln Street, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barrow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Lincoln Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery William Mason Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsmarsh Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary A4320 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Arthur Skemp Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sarah Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Sarah Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order William Mason Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Barton Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Fripp Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Fripp Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Fripp Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Lincoln Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lincoln Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ducie Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Goulter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Atchley Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brentry Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Payne Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Payne Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tenby Street —
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Data Sources

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