Total Crime Rate
229.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dove Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Easton , and the 214th 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 Dove Lane (BS5 9NQ) in the last 12 months was 229.1 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dove Lane (BS5 9NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Granville Street. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Easton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rupert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rupert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rupert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rupert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Granville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Compton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cobden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strawbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Roseberry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooksley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Compton Street | Under investigation |
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