Total Crime Rate
82.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Mall area has the 27th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Clifton , and the 610th lowest crime rate of 1,343 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 Mall (BS8 4BH) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 11 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 188.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Mall (BS8 4BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boyce'S Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bristol| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sion Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Down Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cornwallis Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cornwallis Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polygon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sion Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canynge Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal York Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Princes' Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sion Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Paragon | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Paragon | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyce'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyce'S Avenue | — |
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