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

There were a total of 295 street level crime incidents in Bedminster 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 Bedminster 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	120
Shoplifting	52
Anti Social Behaviour	29
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Public Order	15
Vehicle Crime	14
Other Theft	11
Drugs	11
Other Crime	9
Burglary	7
Robbery	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	295

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 Bedminster 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 Bedminster Down

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Filwood Park (1.24 miles)	470
Novers Park (0.62 miles)	465
Bedminster (1.39 miles)	447
Hengrove Park (1.39 miles)	392
Lower Knowle (1.39 miles)	372
Bishopsworth (0.62 miles)	363
Bedminster Down	295
Ashton Gate (1.24 miles)	269
Hartcliffe (1.39 miles)	255
Ashton Vale (0.88 miles)	88

Where are the most violent places near Bedminster Down?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Filwood Park	195
Novers Park	188
Bedminster	156
Hengrove Park	153
Lower Knowle	145
Bishopsworth	140
Hartcliffe	122
Bedminster Down	120
Ashton Gate	80
Ashton Vale	39

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bedminster 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 Bedminster 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 Bedminster Down compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bedminster Down and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bedminster Down is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hartcliffe and Withywood	95
2	Filwood	89
3	Knowle	83
4	Windmill Hill	81
5	Bishopsworth	79
6	Hengrove and Whitchurch Park	78
7	Southville	77
8	Bedminster	73
9	Hotwells and Harbourside	72
10	Winford	55
11	Long Ashton	37

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

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