Total Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Filton Avenue area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 420th 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 Filton Avenue (BS7 0AQ) in the last 12 months was 56.2 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Filton Avenue (BS7 0AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaufort Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pitt Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bishopston and Ashley Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunts Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trubshaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tortworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tortworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchways Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchways Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchways Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellicott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchways Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beaufort Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaufort Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Weston Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bayswater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pitt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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