Crime Statistics for Ashley Down, Bristol, City of Bristol, 2024

There were a total of 823 street level crime incidents in Ashley Down in February 2024. 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 Ashley Down, 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	243
Shoplifting	129
Anti Social Behaviour	124
Public Order	95
Vehicle Crime	55
Criminal Damage Arson	53
Other Theft	39
Burglary	22
Bicycle Theft	15
Other Crime	14
Robbery	12
Drugs	12
Theft From The Person	5
Possession Of Weapons	5
All Crime	823

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashley Down. 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 Ashley Down

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Montpelier (0.62 miles)	1448
Bristol (0.62 miles)	835
Ashley Down	823
Lockleaze (0.88 miles)	446
Bishopston (0.62 miles)	403
Redland (0.62 miles)	403
Broomhill (1.96 miles)	389
Horfield (0.62 miles)	322
Henleaze (0.88 miles)	227
Stoke Bishop (1.86 miles)	66

Where are the most violent places near Ashley Down?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Montpelier	442
Bristol	276
Ashley Down	243
Broomhill	171
Lockleaze	155
Bishopston	115
Redland	115
Horfield	101
Henleaze	70
Stoke Bishop	14

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

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 Ashley Down 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 Ashley Down compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashley Down and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Ashley Down have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Clifton.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ashley	89
2	Easton	86
3	Central	85
4	Horfield	81
5	Bishopston and Ashley Down	73
6	Redland	72
7	Hotwells and Harbourside	72
8	Cotham	69
9	Stoke Bishop	58
10	Clifton Down	56
11	Clifton	54

Which road in Ashley Down has the highest level of crime?

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