Crime Statistics for Bristol, City of Bristol, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bristol in October 2024. There were a total of 985 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bristol, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	299
Anti Social Behaviour	152
Vehicle Crime	96
Public Order	96
Other Theft	77
Criminal Damage Arson	70
Shoplifting	50
Burglary	36
Robbery	28
Bicycle Theft	24
Other Crime	24
Possession Of Weapons	14
Drugs	14
Theft From The Person	5
All Crime	985

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bristol. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bristol

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bristol and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bristol has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Montpelier (0.88 miles)	2605
Bristol	985
Ashley Down (0.62 miles)	897
Broomhill (1.39 miles)	561
Lockleaze (0.62 miles)	556
Bishopston (1.24 miles)	494
Redland (1.24 miles)	494
Crew’s Hole (1.75 miles)	486
Horfield (0.88 miles)	469
Henleaze (1.39 miles)	320

Where are the most violent places near Bristol?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bristol and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Montpelier	818
Bristol	299
Ashley Down	292
Lockleaze	198
Henleaze	186
Crew’s Hole	161
Horfield	150
Broomhill	148
Bishopston	137
Redland	137

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bristol?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bristol to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bristol compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bristol and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Bristol is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ashley	89
2	St George West	87
3	Easton	86
4	Lawrence Hill	86
5	Central	85
6	Horfield	81
7	Bishopston and Ashley Down	73
8	Redland	72
9	Hotwells and Harbourside	72
10	Cotham	69
11	Clifton Down	56

Which road in Bristol has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bristol with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Gloucester Road.