Total Crime Rate
113.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wordsworth Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horfield , and the 518th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wordsworth Road (BS7 0EH) in the last 12 months was 113.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wordsworth Road (BS7 0EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Walk, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Dickens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dickens Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrix Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Walk | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hottom Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rose Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Mead | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buxton Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buxton Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buxton Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amis Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shearmore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
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