Crime Rates at Blackswarth Road, Bristol, BS5 8AS

Blackswarth Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Easton , and the 434th highest crime rate of 1,352 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 Blackswarth Road (BS5 8AS) in the last 12 months was 131.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% higher than the Easton average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 95.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackswarth Road (BS5 8AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trelawney Avenue, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.