Total Crime Rate
119.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thorndale area has the 18th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Clifton , and the 521st highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thorndale (BS8 2HU) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% higher than the Clifton average (74.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 215.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorndale (BS8 2HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hurle Crescent (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clifton Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eaton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alma Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints' Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | All Saints' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buckingham Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Miles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembroke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
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