Total Crime Rate

232.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

106.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 232.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 106.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Public order 45.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Other theft 12.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Pitt 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 Pitt Road (BS7 8TY) 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 Pitt Road (BS7 8TY), 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.

View Crime In Bristol

Crime Over Time in Pitt Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Wellington Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Weston Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchways Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchways Crescent —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchways Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchways Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Beaufort Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornleigh Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beaufort Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pitt Road —
Apr 2026Public order Pitt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hunts Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hunts Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudthorpe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tortworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tortworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wellington Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elm Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 30

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑