Total Crime Rate
180.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heron Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Easton , and the 300th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heron Road (BS5 0LU) in the last 12 months was 180.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% higher than the Easton average (136.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 98.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heron Road (BS5 0LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Robert Street, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lansdown Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Robert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heron Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Robert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villiers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bouverie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stapleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorhill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorhill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Warwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vining Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vining Walk | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vining Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Nicholas Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nicholas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
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