Total Crime Rate

113.6 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 113.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wordsworth 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Road area

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

Data Sources

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