Total Crime Rate
493.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsdown Parade area has the 17th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Central , and the 56th highest crime rate of 1,352 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 Kingsdown Parade (BS6 5UR) in the last 12 months was 493.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% higher than the Central average (455.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 134 (≈ 291.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsdown Parade (BS6 5UR), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 141 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Michael'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Whitson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marlborough Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Hill Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotham Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cotham Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cotham Side | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl Street | Under investigation |
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