Total Crime Rate

101.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.5 9/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ludlow Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horfield , and the 592nd highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ludlow Road (BS7 0DY) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% lower than the Horfield average (135.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ludlow Road (BS7 0DY), the main crime hotspot is near Bridge Walk. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ludlow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxton Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Buxton Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Buxton Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buxton Walk
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Mead
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rose Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rose Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hottom Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shakespeare Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blakeney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxton Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Dickens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Dickens Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Amis Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridge Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Walk
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxton Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxton Walk Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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