Total Crime Rate

163.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 163.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Public order 21.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Headford Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in St George Central , and the 316th highest crime rate of 1,352 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 Headford Avenue (BS5 8PD) in the last 12 months was 163.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% higher than the St George Central average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 120.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Headford Avenue (BS5 8PD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Headford Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Gillard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jockey Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whites Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parslows Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tetbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Avening Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meg Thatchers Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meg Thatchers Gardens Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Tetbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meg Thatchers Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jockey Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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