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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Speedwell in October 2024. There were a total of 464 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 Speedwell, 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	146
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Vehicle Crime	49
Shoplifting	49
Public Order	48
Other Theft	30
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Burglary	20
Robbery	18
Other Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	7
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	3
Drugs	3
All Crime	464

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 Speedwell. 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 Speedwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fishponds (0.62 miles)	1075
Broomhill (1.39 miles)	561
Crew’s Hole (0.88 miles)	486
Two Mile Hill	464
Speedwell	464
Netham (1.75 miles)	439
New Cheltenham (1.24 miles)	324
Warmley Hill (1.39 miles)	290
Conham (1.24 miles)	228
Hanham (1.39 miles)	184

Where are the most violent places near Speedwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fishponds	334
Crew’s Hole	161
Broomhill	148
Two Mile Hill	146
Speedwell	146
New Cheltenham	131
Netham	123
Conham	117
Warmley Hill	116
Hanham	75

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

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 Speedwell 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 Speedwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Speedwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Speedwell 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	St George Troopers Hill	63
10	New Cheltenham	62
11	Hanham	55

Which road in Speedwell has the highest level of crime?

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