Total Crime Rate
136.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Byron Place area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 446th highest crime rate of 1,343 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 Byron Place (BS8 1JY) in the last 12 months was 136.1 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% lower than the Central average (521.4 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 Other crime ( -50.0% 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 ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Byron Place (BS8 1JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 186 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Berkeley Avenue (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hotwells and Harbourside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Triangle West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Park Street Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Priory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Queen'S Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sunderland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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