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

There were a total of 245 street level crime incidents in Frenchay in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Frenchay, 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	112
Other Theft	29
Anti Social Behaviour	26
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Burglary	15
Shoplifting	14
Public Order	12
Vehicle Crime	9
Robbery	5
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	3
Other Crime	2
All Crime	245

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 Frenchay. 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 Frenchay

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Broomhill (1.39 miles)	389
Mangotsfield (0.88 miles)	266
Downend	245
Frenchay	245
Emerson’s Green (1.39 miles)	191
Blackhorse (1.24 miles)	158
Harry Stoke (1.39 miles)	134
Hambrook (0.62 miles)	102
Moorend (0.88 miles)	90
Bromley Heath (0.88 miles)	90

Where are the most violent places near Frenchay?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broomhill	171
Downend	112
Frenchay	112
Mangotsfield	108
Emerson’s Green	89
Blackhorse	74
Harry Stoke	57
Hambrook	52
Moorend	43
Bromley Heath	43

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

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 Frenchay 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 Frenchay compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Lockleaze	84
2	Frome Vale	84
3	Eastville	83
4	Hillfields	81
5	St George Central	78
6	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield	66
7	New Cheltenham	62
8	Emersons Green	40
9	Frenchay & Downend	39
10	Winterbourne	31
11	Stoke Park & Cheswick	17

Which road in Frenchay has the highest level of crime?

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