Total Crime Rate

126.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Avonvale Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Lawrence Hill , and the 457th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avonvale Road (BS5 9SR) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% lower than the Lawrence Hill average (208.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 267.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avonvale Road (BS5 9SR), the main crime hotspot is near Church Street. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Avonvale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Marsh Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Compton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Moorfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tichborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hayward Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Howett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Compton Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Western Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aiken Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aiken Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Aiken Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aiken Street
Sep 2025Drugs Marsh Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Canterbury Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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