Total Crime Rate
69.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Channells Hill area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Southmead , and the 522nd lowest crime rate of 1,343 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 Channells Hill (BS9 3EU) in the last 12 months was 69.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% lower than the Southmead average (131.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Channells Hill (BS9 3EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Home Ground (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Comb Paddock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Comb Paddock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holmwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cricket Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricket Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricket Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmwood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Priory Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Home Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greystoke Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greystoke Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shipley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priory Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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