Total Crime Rate

45.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nevil Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 373rd lowest crime rate of 1,352 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 Nevil Road (BS7 9EQ) in the last 12 months was 45.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% lower than the Bishopston and Ashley Down average (78.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nevil Road (BS7 9EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 90 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nevil Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hatherley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gloucester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brynland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oak Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nevil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevil Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevil Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mervyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cricklade Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merton Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kennington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Orchard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dongola Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theresa Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Olveston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olveston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gloucester Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mervyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pigsty Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Morley Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prison Under investigation

Data Sources

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