Total Crime Rate
59.8 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.0 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Alma Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Clifton , and the 447th 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 Alma Road (BS8 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 59.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% lower than the Clifton average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft 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 7 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alma Road (BS8 2DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melrose Place (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakfield Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Melrose Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Melrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunderland Place | — |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunderland Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Hampton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Lane | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | West Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Park | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hampton Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hampton Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hampton Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Other crime | Cotham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Aberdeen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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