Total Crime Rate

47.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.5 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 47.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 26.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Brynland Avenue area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 355th lowest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brynland Avenue (BS7 9DU) in the last 12 months was 47.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brynland Avenue (BS7 9DU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Brynland Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gloucester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gloucester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Radnor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Radnor Road
Apr 2026Other theft Seymour Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Nevil Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nevil Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gloucester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nevil Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Denmark Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Denmark Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Denmark Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denmark Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Longfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nevil Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nevil Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nevil Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Gloucester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation

Data Sources

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