Crime in Bristol by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, using police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

40,663crimes recorded across the BS postcodes, June to August 2026 (down 0% on the three months before)

Failandlowest rate, at 13.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year

112areas ranked, each with at least 1,500 residents

#				Most common
1	RedcliffBS1 · 16,537 residents · next to the city centre	556.8	▼ 1%	violence
2	Cribbs CausewayBS34 · 3,869 residents · mostly shops, offices or industry	504.5	▲ 4%	shoplifting
3	St PaulsBS2 · 28,378 residents · includes the city centre	395.2	▼ 5%	violence
4	KingsdownBS6 · 31,042 residents · includes the city centre	361.6	▼ 2%	violence
5	AvonmouthBS11 · 1,947 residents · mostly shops, offices or industry	260.9	▲ 5%	violence
6	HartcliffeBS13 · 10,588 residents	235.7	▼ 13%	violence
7	EastvilleBS5 · 15,005 residents	228.7	▼ 2%	violence
8	BanwellBS29 · 1,913 residents	219.6	▲ 4%	violence
9	Barton HillBS5 · 15,609 residents	198.6	▼ 14%	violence
10	EastonBS5 · 26,264 residents	195.1	▼ 8%	violence
11	HenburyBS10 · 7,625 residents	185.2	▲ 22%	shoplifting
12	MontpelierBS6 · 33,342 residents · includes the city centre	181.2	▼ 1%	violence
13	SouthmeadBS10 · 14,484 residents	175.1	▲ 25%	violence
14	Upper EastonBS5 · 27,753 residents	174.8	▼ 13%	violence
15	FishpondsBS16 · 13,739 residents	174.7	▼ 15%	violence
16	SouthvilleBS3 · 27,531 residents	168.8	▲ 5%	violence
17	Ashton ValeBS3 · 3,773 residents	165.4	▲ 28%	violence
18	BishopsworthBS13 · 12,389 residents	162.7	▼ 17%	violence
19	Headley ParkBS13 · 11,214 residents	160.2	▼ 3%	shoplifting
20	HighridgeBS13 · 7,964 residents	159.2	▼ 27%	violence
21	CothamBS6 · 33,292 residents · includes the city centre	156.8	▼ 2%	violence
22	Weston-super-MareBS22 · 55,725 residents	156.1	▲ 5%	violence
23	WithywoodBS13 · 13,897 residents	155.7	▼ 17%	violence
24	HorfieldBS7 · 17,119 residents	154.4	▲ 18%	violence
25	TotterdownBS4 · 11,664 residents	147.8	▲ 1%	violence
26	LockleazeBS7 · 13,327 residents	147.7	▲ 8%	violence
27	FiltonBS34 · 59,204 residents	144.9	▲ 5%	violence
28	PatchwayBS34 · 35,431 residents	143	▼ 4%	violence
29	RedfieldBS5 · 24,831 residents	142.6	▼ 12%	violence
30	Victoria ParkBS8 · 25,130 residents	141.3	▼ 10%	violence
31	SpeedwellBS15 · 16,977 residents	138.1	▼ 12%	violence
32	BrentryBS10 · 11,498 residents	137.8	▲ 12%	violence
33	Filwood ParkBS4 · 17,303 residents	135.7	▲ 11%	violence
34	Two Mile HillBS15 · 28,008 residents	132.8	▼ 7%	violence
35	WhitehallBS5 · 22,716 residents	126.8	▼ 19%	violence
36	KnowleBS4 · 17,105 residents	120.4	▲ 26%	violence
37	StockwoodBS14 · 5,835 residents	120	▼ 3%	violence
38	HillfieldsBS16 · 29,876 residents	118.5	▼ 14%	violence
39	StapletonBS16 · 5,126 residents	117.1	▲ 21%	violence
40	St GeorgeBS5 · 17,987 residents	115.9	▼ 6%	violence
41	Bedminster DownBS13 · 7,743 residents	112.1	▼ 3%	violence
42	Lawrence WestonBS11 · 6,806 residents	111.7	▼ 20%	violence
43	Ashton GateBS3 · 16,104 residents	111	▲ 7%	violence
44	KeynshamBS31 · 19,596 residents	108.4	▲ 3%	violence
45	BedminsterBS3 · 28,057 residents	107.4	0%	violence
46	CliftonBS8 · 23,402 residents	102.4	▼ 16%	violence
47	HotwellsBS8 · 14,976 residents	101.8	▲ 5%	violence
48	Stoke GiffordBS34 · 41,833 residents	100.2	▼ 4%	violence
49	WhitchurchBS14 · 12,677 residents	99.7	▲ 29%	violence
50	Windmill HillBS3 · 19,566 residents	94.7	0%	violence
51	Ashley DownBS7 · 20,839 residents	94.4	▼ 7%	violence
52	KingswoodBS15 · 89,582 residents	93.6	▼ 4%	violence
53	Little StokeBS34 · 13,890 residents	91	▲ 3%	violence
54	KewstokeBS22 · 5,005 residents	90.3	▼ 12%	violence
55	ShirehamptonBS11 · 11,742 residents	89.9	▲ 9%	violence
56	Cadbury HeathBS30 · 10,870 residents	87.9	▲ 1%	violence
57	HengroveBS14 · 15,117 residents	86.8	▲ 11%	violence
58	BrislingtonBS4 · 15,041 residents	84.8	▼ 9%	violence
59	HallenBS10 · 1,986 residents	84.6	0%	violence
60	BishopstonBS7 · 27,407 residents	80.9	▲ 7%	violence
61	Westbury-on-TrymBS9 · 13,168 residents	80.5	▼ 9%	shoplifting
62	Staple HillBS16 · 20,218 residents	79.5	▼ 17%	violence
63	PillBS20 · 9,889 residents	78.5	▼ 3%	violence
64	Bradley StokeBS32 · 40,567 residents	78.4	▼ 2%	violence
65	Crew's HoleBS5 · 17,834 residents	77.6	▼ 7%	violence
66	WarmleyBS30 · 10,781 residents	77.2	▲ 12%	violence
67	HenleazeBS6 · 20,452 residents	75.3	▼ 9%	violence
68	FrenchayBS16 · 5,211 residents	75.2	▼ 5%	violence
69	Upper SoundwellBS16 · 18,804 residents	75.1	▼ 6%	violence
70	YateBS37 · 36,229 residents	73.4	▼ 6%	violence
71	RedlandBS6 · 26,690 residents	72.1	▼ 6%	violence
72	Easton-in-GordanoBS20 · 4,954 residents	70.2	▼ 25%	violence
73	Emersons GreenBS16 · 33,360 residents	68.2	▼ 12%	violence
74	PortisheadBS20 · 23,962 residents	67.1	▼ 27%	violence
75	SaltfordBS31 · 4,134 residents	66.8	▲ 38%	anti-social behaviour
76	Longwell GreenBS30 · 10,409 residents	66.1	▼ 2%	violence
77	LockingBS24 · 4,951 residents	65.4	▼ 11%	violence
78	Sea MillsBS9 · 4,069 residents	62.9	▼ 2%	violence
79	ThornburyBS35 · 16,158 residents	60.4	▼ 16%	violence
80	WorleBS22 · 47,819 residents	60.2	▼ 2%	violence
81	Chipping SodburyBS37 · 33,171 residents	60.1	▼ 5%	violence
82	NailseaBS48 · 18,715 residents	59.4	▼ 6%	violence
83	Stoke BishopBS9 · 7,547 residents	57.2	▼ 13%	violence
84	Long AshtonBS41 · 6,654 residents	56.5	▼ 12%	violence
85	Westbury ParkBS9 · 15,197 residents	55.5	▼ 22%	shoplifting
86	ClevedonBS21 · 21,399 residents	55.3	▼ 12%	violence
87	HanhamBS15 · 10,874 residents	52.6	▼ 14%	violence
88	WinscombeBS25 · 4,752 residents	52.2	▼ 9%	violence
89	CluttonBS39 · 2,730 residents	51.3	▲ 84%	violence
90	PucklechurchBS16 · 2,696 residents	50.4	▲ 13%	violence
91	MangotsfieldBS16 · 11,028 residents	49.7	▼ 24%	violence
92	PaultonBS39 · 14,311 residents	49.5	▼ 11%	violence
93	Temple CloudBS39 · 2,730 residents · next to the city centre	46.9	▲ 7%	violence
94	WringtonBS40 · 1,708 residents	46.8	▼ 37%	violence
95	YattonBS49 · 9,845 residents	45.5	▼ 13%	violence
96	PilningBS35 · 2,060 residents	42.7	▲ 38%	violence
97	CongresburyBS49 · 3,725 residents	41.9	▼ 28%	violence
98	BackwellBS48 · 4,715 residents	40.7	▲ 45%	violence
99	DownendBS16 · 14,527 residents	39.9	▼ 9%	violence
100	Coombe DingleBS9 · 9,110 residents	39.5	▼ 18%	violence
101	AlvestonBS35 · 3,044 residents	39.4	▲ 20%	violence
102	Severn BeachBS35 · 3,608 residents	38.8	▼ 35%	violence
103	WillsbridgeBS30 · 4,450 residents	36	▼ 27%	violence
104	Frampton CotterellBS36 · 8,787 residents	36	▼ 1%	violence
105	Bishop SuttonBS39 · 1,623 residents	34.5	▼ 12%	violence
106	AlmondsburyBS32 · 2,938 residents	31.3	0%	violence
107	Sneyd ParkBS9 · 8,930 residents	30.9	▲ 33%	anti-social behaviour
108	Coalpit HeathBS36 · 7,302 residents	30.1	▼ 5%	violence
109	WinterbourneBS36 · 6,406 residents	25	▼ 32%	violence
110	Chew MagnaBS40 · 2,519 residents	23.8	▼ 25%	shoplifting
111	BittonBS30 · 2,167 residents	14.8	▼ 20%	burglary
112	FailandBS8 · 1,809 residents	13.3	–	burglary

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why the city centre always looks worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Places like Broadmead, Cabot Circus and the harbourside have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through. Shoplifting alone adds thousands of crimes a year to the centre.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure. Then we divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Questions people ask

Which areas of Bristol have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Failand, Bitton, Chew Magna, Winterbourne and Coalpit Heath.

Which areas of Bristol have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the city centre and the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Hartcliffe, Eastville, Banwell, Barton Hill and Easton.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.

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