Crap Towns / Portishead / Crime

How much crime is there in Portishead?

The police recorded 55.4 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Portishead from September 2023 to August 2026, 27% lower than the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 27.0. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 59.0, up from 50.7 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	50.7	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	56.5	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	59.0	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	27.0	34.1
Shoplifting	6.5	7.1
Public order	6.1	6.6
Other theft	4.5	5.4
Criminal damage and arson	4.2	7.0
Vehicle crime	2.2	3.8
Burglary	1.9	3.1
Other crime	1.1	2.0
Drugs	0.8	2.4
Robbery	0.6	0.6
Possession of weapons	0.3	0.8
Bicycle theft	0.2	0.5
Theft from the person	0.1	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Patchway	14.4 km	172
Bristol	13.0 km	127
Filton	13.8 km	99.7
Stoke Gifford	15.9 km	76.0
Caldicot	12.3 km	73.5
Portishead	–	55.4
Yatton	10.7 km	49.2
Clevedon	8.3 km	47.8
Long Ashton	9.4 km	45.4
Nailsea	5.9 km	41.5
Undy and Magor	11.3 km	37.2
The typical town	–	76.2