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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Montpelier in September 2024. There were a total of 2114 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 Montpelier, 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	763
Anti Social Behaviour	286
Public Order	263
Vehicle Crime	156
Shoplifting	142
Other Theft	127
Criminal Damage Arson	90
Burglary	81
Bicycle Theft	62
Robbery	53
Theft From The Person	31
Drugs	28
Other Crime	25
Possession Of Weapons	7
All Crime	2114

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 Montpelier. 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 Montpelier

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Montpelier	2063
Ashley Down (0.62 miles)	1102
Bristol (0.88 miles)	981
Barton Hill (1.39 miles)	784
Horfield (1.24 miles)	733
Lockleaze (1.39 miles)	633
Netham (1.75 miles)	619
Bishopston (0.88 miles)	467
Redland (0.88 miles)	467
Henleaze (1.39 miles)	368

Where are the most violent places near Montpelier?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Montpelier	763
Ashley Down	455
Bristol	328
Lockleaze	294
Netham	256
Horfield	239
Barton Hill	231
Bishopston	150
Redland	150
Henleaze	92

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

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 Montpelier 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 Montpelier compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ashley	89
2	Easton	86
3	Lawrence Hill	86
4	Central	85
5	Windmill Hill	81
6	Southville	77
7	Redland	72
8	Hotwells and Harbourside	72
9	Cotham	69
10	Clifton Down	56
11	Clifton	54

Which road in Montpelier has the highest level of crime?

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