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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Fishponds in October 2024. There were a total of 1226 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 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	334
Shoplifting	244
Anti Social Behaviour	150
Public Order	114
Vehicle Crime	104
Other Theft	70
Burglary	58
Criminal Damage Arson	50
Robbery	32
Other Crime	28
Possession Of Weapons	16
Bicycle Theft	14
Drugs	8
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	1226

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 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
Fishponds	1075
Broomhill (0.88 miles)	561
Frenchay (1.39 miles)	508
Crew’s Hole (1.39 miles)	486
Two Mile Hill (0.62 miles)	464
Speedwell (0.62 miles)	464
Downend (1.39 miles)	343
New Cheltenham (1.39 miles)	324
Warmley Hill (1.75 miles)	290
Mangotsfield (1.39 miles)	280

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
Fishponds	334
Frenchay	173
Crew’s Hole	161
Broomhill	148
Two Mile Hill	146
Speedwell	146
New Cheltenham	131
Mangotsfield	129
Warmley Hill	116
Downend	100

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.