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

Crime statistics for Bishopston, Bristol

There were a total of 458 street level crime incidents in Bishopston in January 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 Bishopston, 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 Crime136
Vehicle Crime74
Anti Social Behaviour59
Criminal Damage Arson42
Public Order36
Burglary28
Other Theft26
Shoplifting23
Robbery13
Bicycle Theft7
Other Crime7
Theft From The Person4
Drugs3
All Crime458

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 Bishopston. 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 Bishopston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Montpelier (0.88 miles)1510
Bristol (1.24 miles)851
Ashley Down (0.62 miles)839
Lockleaze (1.39 miles)465
Bishopston458
Redland458
Horfield (0.88 miles)353
Southmead (1.86 miles)339
Henleaze (0.62 miles)258
Stoke Bishop (1.24 miles)74

15.25%
of Redland residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bishopston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Montpelier468
Bristol284
Ashley Down248
Southmead155
Bishopston136
Redland136
Lockleaze135
Horfield108
Henleaze84
Stoke Bishop25

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

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 Bishopston 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 Bishopston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ashley89
2Central85
3Horfield81
4Bishopston and Ashley Down73
5Redland72
6Hotwells and Harbourside72
7Cotham69
8Stoke Bishop58
9Clifton Down56
10Clifton54
11Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze53

Which road in Bishopston has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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