Total Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Whiteladies Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Clifton Down , and the 309th 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 Whiteladies Road (BS8 2RA) in the last 12 months was 43.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% lower than the Clifton Down average (82.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whiteladies Road (BS8 2RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakland Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clifton Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highland Crescent | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | 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 | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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