Total Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.6 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Elton 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 Elton Road (BS8 1SJ) 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 Elton Road (BS8 1SJ), 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.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Byron Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Mar 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Triangle South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandon Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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