Published crime rates, Avon and Somerset (Avon and Somerset Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 64	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BS1 18,722 residents	681.2	12,753
2	BS2 19,435 residents	297.4	5,779
3	BA20 11,926 residents	223.8	2,669
4	BS23 35,973 residents	202.8	7,295
5	TA6 52,677 residents	177.7	9,360
6	BS13 32,419 residents	174.9	5,670
7	BS10 30,639 residents	163.8	5,019
8	BS5 57,457 residents	161.4	9,273
9	TA1 42,110 residents	158.3	6,667
10	BA1 42,254 residents	153.9	6,503
11	BS11 19,047 residents	151.4	2,884
12	BA6 13,302 residents	123.8	1,647
13	BS4 51,709 residents	122.0	6,311
14	BS34 36,415 residents	119.6	4,356
15	BS3 41,266 residents	119.5	4,931
16	BS8 27,221 residents	111.2	3,027
17	BS7 44,477 residents	110.8	4,928
18	TA9 13,519 residents	110.6	1,495
19	BS15 49,747 residents	104.9	5,217
20	BS16 91,209 residents	95.5	8,713

Lowest published rates

Rank of 64	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
64	BS39 17,328 residents	26.6	461
63	BS36 16,604 residents	27.1	450
62	BS48 23,536 residents	29.1	684
61	BS32 24,768 residents	30.9	766
60	BS49 12,498 residents	31.5	394
59	BS40 13,779 residents	32.5	448
58	BS41 6,410 residents	33.1	212
57	BS30 30,106 residents	35.4	1,065
56	GL12 16,188 residents	38.9	629
55	BS35 24,406 residents	39.7	969
54	BS31 24,044 residents	45.7	1,098
53	BS25 6,653 residents	47.5	316
52	TA19 12,313 residents	47.8	589
51	TA5 12,291 residents	49.5	609
50	TA3 15,268 residents	49.7	759
49	TA11 10,128 residents	50.2	508
48	TA7 15,913 residents	51.8	824
47	BS21 23,560 residents	53.4	1,258
46	BS37 40,955 residents	53.8	2,205
45	TA12 6,188 residents	54.6	338

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 168	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BS23 1 5,525 residents	533.6	2,948
2	BS1 5 5,477 residents	483.7	2,649
3	BS1 6 6,609 residents	297.5	1,966
4	TA6 3 10,179 residents	290.9	2,961
5	BA1 2 6,261 residents	269.9	1,690
6	BS2 8 7,571 residents	250.4	1,896
7	TA1 1 6,736 residents	231.1	1,557
8	BS13 0 8,115 residents	225.9	1,833
9	TA1 3 8,361 residents	218.9	1,830
10	BS16 3 8,083 residents	218.9	1,769
11	TA6 5 6,267 residents	218.3	1,368
12	BS5 6 13,928 residents	218.0	3,036
13	BS5 0 10,018 residents	208.6	2,090
14	BS10 7 9,188 residents	193.3	1,776
15	BS10 5 10,070 residents	191.6	1,929
16	BS23 3 12,909 residents	189.9	2,451
17	BS34 5 13,692 residents	187.2	2,563
18	BA6 9 6,681 residents	186.5	1,246
19	BS3 4 8,247 residents	186.5	1,538
20	TA6 4 15,227 residents	180.8	2,753

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 168	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
168	BS48 2 7,604 residents	13.4	102
167	BS30 9 7,752 residents	14.7	114
166	BS37 8 6,461 residents	18.9	122
165	BS39 5 5,110 residents	19.2	98
164	BS32 9 5,090 residents	21.4	109
163	BA2 7 7,865 residents	21.5	169
162	BS32 0 7,415 residents	21.7	161
161	BS36 1 6,767 residents	22.0	149
160	BA1 7 5,868 residents	27.4	161
159	TA3 6 5,033 residents	27.6	139
158	BS36 2 9,837 residents	30.6	301
157	BS22 7 10,296 residents	31.6	325
156	BS41 9 5,516 residents	32.8	181
155	BS49 4 8,896 residents	33.7	300
154	BS30 5 5,263 residents	35.3	186
153	BS37 5 7,644 residents	37.7	288
152	BS30 8 9,993 residents	37.7	377
151	DT9 5 5,392 residents	38.0	205
150	BS35 1 8,416 residents	38.1	321
149	BS9 1 9,231 residents	39.4	364

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