Total Crime Rate
228.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oakland Road area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Clifton Down , and the 201st 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 Oakland Road (BS6 6ND) in the last 12 months was 228.9 per 1,000 residents and was 255.3% higher than the Clifton Down average (64.4 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 95.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakland Road (BS6 6ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oakland Road, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melrose Place (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clifton Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hampton Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westfield Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brighton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collingwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Aberdeen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cotham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cotham Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotham Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hampton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hampton Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | West Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | West Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hampton Lane | Under investigation |
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