Crime Rates at Seneca Street, Bristol, BS5 8DY

Seneca Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Easton , and the 238th 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 Seneca Street (BS5 8DY) in the last 12 months was 216.0 per 1,000 residents and was 58.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 316.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seneca Street (BS5 8DY), the main crime hotspot is near Trelawney Avenue. Police recorded 187 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.