Total Crime Rate
101.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lansdown Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Clifton Down , and the 622nd 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 Lansdown Road (BS6 6NR) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 67.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lansdown Road (BS6 6NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotham Lawn Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roslyn Road (25 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 | Montrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elliston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lansdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotham Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roslyn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotham Lawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotham Lawn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rokeby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cotham Lawn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarendon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairview Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cotham Lawn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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