Total Crime Rate
253.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakland Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Clifton Down , and the 184th 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 Oakland Road (BS6 6ND) in the last 12 months was 253.5 per 1,000 residents and was 215.1% higher than the Clifton Down average (80.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 130.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakland Road (BS6 6ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakland Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Imperial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hampton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hampton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hampton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hampton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St John'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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