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

Crime statistics for Ashley Down, Bristol

There were a total of 839 street level crime incidents in Ashley Down in January 2024. 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 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime248
Anti Social Behaviour109
Shoplifting95
Vehicle Crime90
Public Order83
Criminal Damage Arson67
Other Theft46
Burglary34
Robbery24
Drugs14
Other Crime11
Bicycle Theft8
Theft From The Person5
Possession Of Weapons5
All Crime839

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Montpelier (0.62 miles)1510
Bristol (0.62 miles)851
Ashley Down839
Lockleaze (0.88 miles)465
Bishopston (0.62 miles)458
Redland (0.62 miles)458
Horfield (0.62 miles)353
Broomhill (1.96 miles)349
Henleaze (0.88 miles)258
Stoke Bishop (1.86 miles)74

24.08%
of Ashley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Montpelier468
Bristol284
Ashley Down248
Bishopston136
Redland136
Lockleaze135
Broomhill122
Horfield108
Henleaze84
Stoke Bishop25

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.

#WardScore
1Ashley89
2Easton86
3Central85
4Horfield81
5Bishopston and Ashley Down73
6Redland72
7Hotwells and Harbourside72
8Cotham69
9Stoke Bishop58
10Clifton Down56
11Clifton54

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.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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