Total Crime Rate
348.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
184.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Freemantle Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Easton , and the 117th highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Freemantle Road (BS5 6SX) in the last 12 months was 348.3 per 1,000 residents and was 155.5% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 184.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Freemantle Road (BS5 6SX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chisbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chisbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chisbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chisbury Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chisbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boswell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A432 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A432 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A432 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glen Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandy Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gadshill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gadshill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gadshill Road | — |
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