Total Crime Rate

255.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

121.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 255.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 121.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.3 9/10
  • Public order 41.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.7 10/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Robbery 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Church Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Easton , and the 182nd 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 Church Avenue (BS5 6DY) in the last 12 months was 255.2 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% higher than the Easton average (136.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 121.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Avenue (BS5 6DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bourne Lane (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A432 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Britannia Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Wood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barratt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brenner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelsea Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bourne Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Clare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bourne Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Bourne Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Church Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Church Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Greenbank Avenue East Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bourne Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Washington Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft M32 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Napier Road
Apr 2026Public order Napier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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