Total Crime Rate
99.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Walker Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Lawrence Hill , and the 637th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Walker Close (BS5 0XD) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% lower than the Lawrence Hill average (211.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walker Close (BS5 0XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hassell Drive, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaufort Street (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lawrence Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vining Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenby Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassell Drive | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hassell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hassell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hassell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brentry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassell Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bouverie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villiers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brentry Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | William Mason Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atchley Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sarah Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sarah Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Armoury Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arthur Skemp Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmarsh Way | Under investigation |
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