Crime Statistics for Barton Hill, Bristol, City of Bristol, 2024

There were a total of 673 street level crime incidents in Barton Hill in February 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 Barton Hill, 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	207
Anti Social Behaviour	123
Public Order	74
Other Theft	60
Shoplifting	55
Criminal Damage Arson	40
Vehicle Crime	32
Robbery	20
Burglary	17
Bicycle Theft	13
Drugs	12
Possession Of Weapons	7
Theft From The Person	7
Other Crime	6
All Crime	673

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 Barton Hill. 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 Barton Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Montpelier (1.39 miles)	1448
Barton Hill	673
Bedminster (1.39 miles)	447
Arno’s Vale (0.62 miles)	446
Crew’s Hole (1.39 miles)	401
Knowle (1.24 miles)	382
Lower Knowle (1.39 miles)	372
Netham (0.62 miles)	342
Broom Hill (1.39 miles)	246
Brislington (1.76 miles)	209

Where are the most violent places near Barton Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Montpelier	442
Barton Hill	207
Arno’s Vale	176
Knowle	163
Crew’s Hole	157
Bedminster	156
Lower Knowle	145
Netham	114
Brislington	88
Broom Hill	82

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

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 Barton Hill 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 Barton Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ashley	89
2	Filwood	89
3	St George West	87
4	Easton	86
5	Lawrence Hill	86
6	Central	85
7	Knowle	83
8	Windmill Hill	81
9	Southville	77
10	Hotwells and Harbourside	72
11	Cotham	69

Which road in Barton Hill has the highest level of crime?

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