Crime Statistics for Ashton Gate, Bristol, City of Bristol, 2024

There were a total of 332 street level crime incidents in Ashton Gate in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ashton Gate, 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	102
Vehicle Crime	44
Shoplifting	41
Anti Social Behaviour	38
Public Order	27
Other Theft	21
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Burglary	18
Robbery	11
Bicycle Theft	6
Possession Of Weapons	2
Drugs	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	332

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bedminster (0.62 miles)	596
Arno’s Vale (1.86 miles)	554
Filwood Park (1.75 miles)	470
Novers Park (1.39 miles)	465
Hotwells (0.62 miles)	449
Lower Knowle (1.39 miles)	372
Ashton Gate	332
Bedminster Down (1.24 miles)	331
Bower Ashton (0.62 miles)	110
Ashton Vale (0.88 miles)	79

Where are the most violent places near Ashton Gate?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Arno’s Vale	223
Filwood Park	195
Bedminster	194
Novers Park	188
Hotwells	159
Lower Knowle	145
Bedminster Down	124
Ashton Gate	102
Bower Ashton	24
Ashton Vale	24

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

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 Gate 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 Gate compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashton Gate and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ashton Gate is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hartcliffe and Withywood	95
2	Filwood	89
3	Central	85
4	Windmill Hill	81
5	Bishopsworth	79
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 Gate has the highest level of crime?

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