Total Crime Rate
124.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Square area has the 14th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Clifton , and the 462nd highest crime rate of 1,352 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 Victoria Square (BS8 4ET) in the last 12 months was 124.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.8% higher than the Clifton average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Square (BS8 4ET), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clifton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaufort Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwallis Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cornwallis Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwallis Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Christchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Vale Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Mall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaufort Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyce'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richmond Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richmond Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pembroke Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kensington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Codrington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyce'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Victoria Square | Under investigation |
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