Total Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Downend Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 464th lowest 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 Downend Road (BS7 9PR) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Downend Road (BS7 9PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaufort Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trubshaw Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southampton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beaufort Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaufort Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaufort Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Downend Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tortworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tortworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trubshaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellicott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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