Crime Statistics for Downend, Bristol, City of Bristol, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Downend in September 2024. There were a total of 364 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Shoplifting	109
Violent Crime	102
Anti Social Behaviour	47
Public Order	38
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Other Theft	15
Vehicle Crime	12
Burglary	10
Robbery	7
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	364

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Downend. 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 Downend

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Broomhill (1.39 miles)	749
Frenchay	603
Emerson’s Green (1.39 miles)	387
Downend	364
Mangotsfield (0.88 miles)	303
Blackhorse (1.24 miles)	186
Moorend (0.88 miles)	171
Harry Stoke (1.39 miles)	148
Bromley Heath (0.88 miles)	97
Hambrook (0.62 miles)	77

Where are the most violent places near Downend?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broomhill	209
Frenchay	203
Emerson’s Green	168
Mangotsfield	127
Downend	102
Blackhorse	73
Moorend	70
Harry Stoke	41
Hambrook	39
Bromley Heath	38

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

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 Downend 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 Downend compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Downend and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Downend is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Lockleaze	84
2	Frome Vale	84
3	Eastville	83
4	Hillfields	81
5	St George Central	78
6	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield	66
7	New Cheltenham	62
8	Emersons Green	40
9	Frenchay & Downend	39
10	Winterbourne	31
11	Stoke Park & Cheswick	17

Which road in Downend has the highest level of crime?

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