Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gloucester Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 635th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gloucester Road (BS7 8PD) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% higher than the Bishopston and Ashley Down average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gloucester Road (BS7 8PD), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 133 crimes here, including 83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tortworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radnor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prison | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prison | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornleigh Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gloucester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tortworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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