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

Crime statistics for Downend, Bristol

There were a total of 220 street level crime incidents in Downend 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 Downend, 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 Crime91
Anti Social Behaviour24
Public Order24
Other Theft21
Criminal Damage Arson16
Burglary13
Shoplifting10
Vehicle Crime7
Drugs4
Robbery4
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
Theft From The Person1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime220

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 Downend. 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 Downend

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Broomhill (1.39 miles)349
Mangotsfield (0.88 miles)265
Downend220
Frenchay220
Emerson’s Green (1.39 miles)193
Blackhorse (1.24 miles)165
Harry Stoke (1.39 miles)139
Hambrook (0.62 miles)80
Moorend (0.88 miles)74
Bromley Heath (0.88 miles)74

9.07%
of Frenchay & Downend residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Downend?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Broomhill122
Mangotsfield114
Downend91
Frenchay91
Emerson’s Green90
Blackhorse72
Harry Stoke59
Hambrook34
Moorend33
Bromley Heath33

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

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 Downend 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 Downend compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Downend and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Downend is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Lockleaze84
2Frome Vale84
3Eastville83
4Hillfields81
5St George Central78
6Staple Hill & Mangotsfield66
7New Cheltenham62
8Emersons Green40
9Frenchay & Downend39
10Winterbourne31
11Stoke Park & Cheswick17

Which road in Downend has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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