Total Crime Rate
941.2 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
507.4 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Berkeley Square area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 17th highest crime rate of 1,342 local areas in Bristol, City of .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Berkeley Square (BS8 1HU) in the last 12 months was 941.2 per 1,000 residents and was 83.0% higher than the Central average (514.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 138 (≈ 507.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Berkeley Square (BS8 1HU), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 248 crimes here, including 102 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hotwells and Harbourside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Queen'S Parade | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandon Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berkeley Square | — |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Bicycle theft | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Local resolution |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Byron Place | Under investigation |
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