Total Crime Rate
134.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Keys Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Horfield , and the 452nd highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Keys Avenue (BS7 0HF) in the last 12 months was 134.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keys Avenue (BS7 0HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Walk, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shelley Way (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montreal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Murdoch Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reynold'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Murdoch Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdoch Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Gregory'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdoch Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manx Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hughes Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rose Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Douglas Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Joyce Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keys Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jocelyn Road | Under investigation |
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