Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 124.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 62.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.6 8/10
  • Other theft 23.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Dirac Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 497th highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dirac Road (BS7 9DE) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dirac Road (BS7 9DE), the main crime hotspot is near Talgarth Road. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dirac Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boiling Wells Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talgarth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talgarth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft York Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order York Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery York Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pople Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pople Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pople Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Ashgrove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dirac Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashgrove Place —
Apr 2026Burglary College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ashgrove Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B4052 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Osborne Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Watercress Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watercress Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hopetoun Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopetoun Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hopetoun Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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