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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Downend in August 2024. There were a total of 406 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Downend, 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	118
Shoplifting	89
Anti Social Behaviour	64
Public Order	38
Other Theft	36
Vehicle Crime	14
Burglary	11
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Robbery	9
Bicycle Theft	7
Theft From The Person	4
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	406

Map of street level crime incidents in August 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)	518
Downend	406
Frenchay	406
Mangotsfield (0.88 miles)	353
Emerson’s Green (1.39 miles)	245
Blackhorse (1.24 miles)	186
Harry Stoke (1.39 miles)	174
Moorend (0.88 miles)	129
Bromley Heath (0.88 miles)	129
Hambrook (0.62 miles)	98

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
Mangotsfield	162
Broomhill	148
Downend	118
Frenchay	118
Emerson’s Green	95
Harry Stoke	79
Blackhorse	73
Moorend	45
Bromley Heath	45
Hambrook	39

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.