Total Crime Rate
30.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wordsworth Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horfield , and the 194th 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 Wordsworth Road (BS7 0EB) in the last 12 months was 30.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.7% lower than the Horfield average (150.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wordsworth Road (BS7 0EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Walk, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lockleaze| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amis Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emerson Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Emerson Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Emerson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerson Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruskin Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Buxton Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emerson Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amis Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sixth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amis Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Walk | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Joyce Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Road | β |
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