Total Crime Rate
463.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Claremont Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Lawrence Hill , and the 66th highest crime rate of 1,352 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 Claremont Street (BS5 0UL) in the last 12 months was 463.3 per 1,000 residents and was 122.0% higher than the Lawrence Hill average (208.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 222.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Claremont Street (BS5 0UL), the main crime hotspot is near Lansdown Road. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lawrence Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sandbed Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kensington Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kensington Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baptist Mills Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baptist Mills Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lansdown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandbed Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barker Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barker Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Blenheim Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tyne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rosebery Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wills Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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