Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 100.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 33.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 25.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
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Crime overview

Gloucester 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 8TZ) 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 8TZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Gloucester Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Tortworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Beaufort Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Pitt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pitt Road
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beaufort Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Weston Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elm Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudthorpe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornleigh Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hunts Lane
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchways Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hunts Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchways Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchways Crescent
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Churchways Crescent
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tortworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wellington Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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