Bristol Central

England · E14001131

20,326 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
20,326
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
6,021 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

2,018/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising6,02129.6%
Anti-social behaviourrising3,66018.0%
Public orderrising2,15310.6%
Other theftrising1,9489.6%
Shopliftingfalling1,3926.8%
Criminal damage & arsonrising1,2456.1%
Vehicle crimefalling1,1005.4%
Burglaryrising8654.3%
Bicycle theftfalling5232.6%
Robberyrising4562.2%
Drugsrising4422.2%
Theft from the personrising2331.1%
Other crimefalling1830.9%
Possession of weaponsfalling1050.5%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.