Total Crime Rate

97.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 97.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Romney Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Lockleaze , and the 613th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Romney Avenue (BS7 9TA) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% lower than the Lockleaze average (195.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Romney Avenue (BS7 9TA), the main crime hotspot is near Nash Drive. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Romney Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermitage Wood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bonnington Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Branwhite Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Branwhite Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hogarth Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stothard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cameron Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bonnington Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gainsborough Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bonnington Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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