Total Crime Rate
274.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookfield Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 162nd 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 Brookfield Lane (BS6 5PD) in the last 12 months was 274.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% lower than the Central average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 127.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookfield Lane (BS6 5PD), the main crime hotspot is near Elton Lane. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cotham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Zetland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookfield Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Elton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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