Total Crime Rate

20.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

4.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 20.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Violent crimes 4.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elmdale Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 108th lowest crime rate of 1,342 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 Elmdale Road (BS8 1SF) in the last 12 months was 20.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.0% lower than the Central average (514.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmdale Road (BS8 1SF), 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 Elmdale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Mar 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Shopping Area Under investigation
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 2026Criminal damage and arson Queen'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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