Total Crime Rate
226.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Easton , and the 221st 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 Vicarage Road (BS5 9AG) in the last 12 months was 226.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.8% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 98.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Road (BS5 9AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Owen Street, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chelsea Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bloy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Leonards Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brighton Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooksley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stepney Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelsea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barratt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge View Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Windsor Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge View Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clayton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Luxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Battersea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battersea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | — |
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