Total Crime Rate
109.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cromwell Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Ashley , and the 572nd 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 Cromwell Road (BS6 5HD) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% lower than the Ashley average (212.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cromwell Road (BS6 5HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elton Lane (60 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 | Meridian Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookfield Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheltenham Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Armidale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Picton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Picton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Armidale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Armidale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zetland Road | Under investigation |
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