Total Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Filton Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horfield , and the 342nd 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 0BE) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.1% lower than the Horfield average (150.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Filton Avenue (BS7 0BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Walk, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickens Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Joyce Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Buxton Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hughes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montreal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruskin Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rose Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keys Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jocelyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reynold'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Walk | — |
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