Total Crime Rate

110.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wordsworth Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horfield , and the 569th highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Wordsworth Road (BS7 0EA) in the last 12 months was 110.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (BS7 0EA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ruskin Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bridge Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Amis Walk —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Amis Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amis Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Landseer Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bridge Walk —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ruskin Grove —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Road —
Apr 2026Public order Rose Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Rowlandson Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Flaxman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Flaxman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flaxman Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Masefield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Buxton Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rowlandson Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rowlandson Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Way Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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