Crime Statistics for Ashton Vale, Bristol, North Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ashton Vale in October 2024. There were a total of 108 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 Ashton Vale, 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	37
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Shoplifting	13
Vehicle Crime	11
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Public Order	7
Other Theft	5
Other Crime	4
Burglary	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	108

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 Ashton Vale. 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 Ashton Vale

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bishopsworth (1.39 miles)	940
Bedminster (1.39 miles)	760
Lower Knowle (1.86 miles)	691
Novers Park (1.39 miles)	673
Hotwells (1.39 miles)	606
Bedminster Down (0.88 miles)	347
Ashton Gate (0.88 miles)	299
Bower Ashton (0.62 miles)	189
Ashton Vale	108
Long Ashton (1.24 miles)	26

Where are the most violent places near Ashton Vale?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bedminster	287
Lower Knowle	267
Bishopsworth	248
Hotwells	193
Novers Park	191
Bedminster Down	112
Ashton Gate	103
Bower Ashton	59
Ashton Vale	37
Long Ashton	10

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

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 Ashton Vale 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 Ashton Vale compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hartcliffe and Withywood	95
2	Filwood	89
3	Windmill Hill	81
4	Bishopsworth	79
5	Hengrove and Whitchurch Park	78
6	Southville	77
7	Bedminster	73
8	Hotwells and Harbourside	72
9	Winford	55
10	Clifton	54
11	Long Ashton	37

Which road in Ashton Vale has the highest level of crime?

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