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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Speedwell in September 2024. There were a total of 461 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	170
Anti Social Behaviour	64
Public Order	53
Shoplifting	39
Vehicle Crime	33
Burglary	28
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Other Theft	18
Bicycle Theft	9
Robbery	8
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	3
All Crime	461

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 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
Broomhill (1.39 miles)	749
Two Mile Hill	725
Netham (1.75 miles)	619
Fishponds (0.62 miles)	613
Speedwell	461
Crew’s Hole (0.88 miles)	441
Conham (1.24 miles)	395
New Cheltenham (1.24 miles)	325
Warmley Hill (1.39 miles)	275
Hanham (1.39 miles)	182

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
Two Mile Hill	315
Netham	256
Broomhill	209
New Cheltenham	200
Fishponds	189
Speedwell	170
Conham	154
Crew’s Hole	141
Warmley Hill	108
Hanham	71

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.