Total Crime Rate
17.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Downend Park area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Bishopston and Ashley Down , and the 106th lowest crime rate of 1,352 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 Downend Park (BS7 9PU) in the last 12 months was 17.3 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% 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 Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Downend Park (BS7 9PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dovercourt Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trubshaw Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bishopston and Ashley Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trubshaw Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petherbridge Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dovercourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dovercourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dovercourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Berry Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trubshaw Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Berry Lane | Under investigation |
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