Total Crime Rate
31.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kellaway Avenue area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 199th lowest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kellaway Avenue (BS6 7YL) in the last 12 months was 31.2 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% lower than the Bishopston and Ashley Down average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kellaway Avenue (BS6 7YL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lansdown Terrace, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Broadway (6 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 | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurie Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longmead Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lansdown Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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