Total Crime Rate
337.9 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.2 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Alma Court area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Clifton , and the 116th highest crime rate of 1,342 local areas in Bristol, City of .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alma Court (BS8 2HJ) in the last 12 months was 337.9 per 1,000 residents and was 357.3% higher than the Clifton average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 290.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alma Court (BS8 2HJ), 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 | Vehicle crime | Hanbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Oakland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Burglary | Melrose Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Hampton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Lane | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Duchess Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | All Saints' Road | — |
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