Total Crime Rate

293.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 293.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 153.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.9 10/10
  • Public order 29.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Southwood Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston , and the 135th 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 Southwood Avenue (BS9 2QN) in the last 12 months was 293.6 per 1,000 residents and was 100.0% higher than the Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston average (146.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 110.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwood Avenue (BS9 2QN), the main crime hotspot is near Southwood Drive East. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Southwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cranberry Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mulberry Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southwood Drive East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwood Drive East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayflower Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bowden Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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