Crime Rates at Gloucester Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 8TX

Gloucester Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 207th 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 Gloucester Road (BS7 8TX) in the last 12 months was 232.3 per 1,000 residents and was 182.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 106.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gloucester Road (BS7 8TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaufort Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pitt Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.