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

There were a total of 322 street level crime incidents in Horfield 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 Horfield, 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	101
Shoplifting	67
Public Order	33
Anti Social Behaviour	29
Vehicle Crime	27
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Other Theft	19
Burglary	13
Other Crime	3
Robbery	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	322

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 Horfield. 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 Horfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Montpelier (1.24 miles)	1448
Bristol (0.88 miles)	835
Ashley Down (0.62 miles)	823
Lockleaze (0.62 miles)	446
Bishopston (0.88 miles)	403
Redland (0.88 miles)	403
Horfield	322
Southmead (1.39 miles)	321
Filton (1.39 miles)	317
Henleaze (0.62 miles)	227

Where are the most violent places near Horfield?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Horfield 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
Lockleaze	155
Southmead	151
Filton	144
Bishopston	115
Redland	115
Horfield	101
Henleaze	70

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

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 Horfield 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 Horfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Horfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Horfield is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Ashley	89
2	Easton	86
3	Lockleaze	84
4	Southmead	83
5	Horfield	81
6	Bishopston and Ashley Down	73
7	Redland	72
8	Cotham	69
9	Stoke Bishop	58
10	Clifton Down	56
11	Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze	53

Which road in Horfield has the highest level of crime?

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