Total Crime Rate

136.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 136.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 65.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.3 8/10
  • Other theft 20.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Berkeley Place area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 442nd 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 Upper Berkeley Place (BS8 1JS) in the last 12 months was 136.1 per 1,000 residents and was 73.5% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Berkeley Place (BS8 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Berkeley Avenue (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Berkeley Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Jacob'S Wells Road
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Mar 2026Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Burglary Triangle South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Byron Place Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Queen'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Brandon Hill Lane Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Sunderland Place Under investigation
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Sunderland Place
Mar 2026Public order St Paul'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour St Paul'S Road
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour St Paul'S Road
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Westbourne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall

Data Sources

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