Crap Towns / Yate / Crime

How much crime is there in Yate?

The police recorded 74.5 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Yate from September 2023 to August 2026, about the same as the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 37.2. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 71.8, down from 77.2 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	77.2	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	74.4	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	71.8	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	37.2	34.1
Public order	7.8	6.6
Shoplifting	6.9	7.1
Criminal damage and arson	6.3	7.0
Other theft	5.2	5.4
Burglary	3.6	3.1
Vehicle crime	2.8	3.8
Other crime	1.9	2.0
Robbery	0.9	0.6
Drugs	0.8	2.4
Bicycle theft	0.7	0.5
Possession of weapons	0.3	0.8
Theft from the person	0.1	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Patchway	10.8 km	172
Bristol	15.4 km	127
Filton	11.1 km	99.7
Stoke Gifford	9.3 km	76.0
Kingswood and Fishponds	9.3 km	75.3
Keynsham	15.7 km	74.8
Yate	–	74.5
Thornbury	9.6 km	54.3
Chipping Sodbury	2.4 km	47.4
Bradley Stoke	8.8 km	46.2
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	4.5 km	43.1
The typical town	–	76.2