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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Fishponds in August 2024. There were a total of 670 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 Fishponds, 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	234
Anti Social Behaviour	102
Shoplifting	71
Public Order	68
Vehicle Crime	46
Other Theft	45
Burglary	28
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Other Crime	17
Bicycle Theft	15
Drugs	8
Robbery	8
Possession Of Weapons	5
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	670

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 Fishponds. 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 Fishponds

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Two Mile Hill (0.62 miles)	749
Fishponds	670
Crew’s Hole (1.39 miles)	547
Broomhill (0.88 miles)	518
Speedwell (0.62 miles)	449
Downend (1.39 miles)	406
Frenchay (1.39 miles)	406
New Cheltenham (1.39 miles)	372
Mangotsfield (1.39 miles)	353
Warmley Hill (1.75 miles)	302

Where are the most violent places near Fishponds?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Two Mile Hill	341
Speedwell	263
Fishponds	234
Crew’s Hole	220
New Cheltenham	182
Mangotsfield	162
Broomhill	148
Warmley Hill	136
Downend	118
Frenchay	118

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

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 Fishponds 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 Fishponds compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fishponds and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Fishponds is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	St George West	87
2	Easton	86
3	Frome Vale	84
4	Eastville	83
5	Hillfields	81
6	St George Central	78
7	Kingswood	70
8	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield	66
9	New Cheltenham	62
10	Hanham	55
11	Frenchay & Downend	39

Which road in Fishponds has the highest level of crime?

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