Police-recorded · Bristol, City of · Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Violence and sexual offences in Bristol, City of
12 months to June 2026
51.2per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 25,353 violence and sexual offences offences in Bristol, City of in the 12 months to June 2026, up 5.2% (1,263) on the previous 12 months. That is 51.2 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 495,260
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
4,889 (partial)
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June 2012
8,685
20.0
2012
June 2013
6,953
15.8
2013
June 2014
7,457
16.8
2014
June 2015
9,215
20.4
2015
June 2016
12,536
27.3
2016
June 2017
13,949
30.1
2017
June 2018
15,049
32.2
2018
June 2019
15,346
32.7
2019
June 2020
15,800
33.5
2020
June 2021
16,490
35.0
2021
June 2022
19,976
41.6
2022
June 2023
19,041
39.1
2023
June 2024
22,263
45.0
2024
June 2025
24,090
48.6
2025
June 2026
25,353
51.2
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.