Total Crime Rate

99.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 99.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 37.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

West Park area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 625th highest crime rate of 1,342 local areas in Bristol, City of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Park (BS8 2LX) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% lower than the Central average (514.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Park (BS8 2LX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in West Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Alma Road Avenue
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Hampton Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Imperial Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Burglary Melrose Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Sunderland Place
Mar 2026Shoplifting Sunderland Place Under investigation
Mar 2026Burglary Hampton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Lane Under investigation
Mar 2026Burglary West Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences West Park Under investigation
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Hampton Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Hampton Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Burglary Melrose Avenue Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Shoplifting Aberdeen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Cotham Gardens
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Cotham Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Cotham Gardens Under investigation
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Hampton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Burglary Hillside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Hillside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Hillside Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillside Action to be taken by another organisation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Melrose Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Other crime Cotham Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Burglary Melrose Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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