Total Crime Rate
464.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dowry Place area has the highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Clifton , and the 64th highest crime rate of 1,352 local areas in Bristol, City of .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dowry Place (BS8 4QL) in the last 12 months was 464.3 per 1,000 residents and was 560.1% higher than the Clifton average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 372.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dowry Place (BS8 4QL), the main crime hotspot is near Bear Yard Mews. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 62 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 | Burglary | Grenville Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cabot Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Vale Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Joy Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | South Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glendale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bear Yard Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Smeaton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rownham Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grenville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Smeaton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Caroline Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Caroline Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Humphry Davy Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nova Scotia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Merchants Road | Under investigation |
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