Total Crime Rate
10.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Monmouth Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 41st lowest crime rate of 1,352 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 Monmouth Road (BS7 8LF) in the last 12 months was 10.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.6% lower than the Bishopston and Ashley Down average (78.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monmouth Road (BS7 8LF), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 90 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bishopston and Ashley Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bishop Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pigsty Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bishop Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hatherley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longmead Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dulverton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prison | Under investigation |
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