Crime Statistics for Lawrence Weston, Bristol, City of Bristol, 2024

Crime statistics for Lawrence Weston, Bristol

There were a total of 207 street level crime incidents in Lawrence Weston 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 Lawrence Weston, 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 Crime97
Anti Social Behaviour27
Criminal Damage Arson26
Public Order19
Other Theft10
Burglary8
Shoplifting5
Vehicle Crime5
Other Crime5
Robbery4
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime207

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 Lawrence Weston. 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 Lawrence Weston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Brentry (1.96 miles)226
Lawrence Weston207
Henbury (1.24 miles)192
Shirehampton (0.88 miles)186
Blaise Hamlet (0.62 miles)162
Avonmouth (1.39 miles)159
Coombe Dingle (0.88 miles)148
Lodway (1.75 miles)101
Berwick (1.39 miles)62
Hallen (1.39 miles)62

16.47%
of Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lawrence Weston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Lawrence Weston97
Brentry95
Shirehampton83
Henbury81
Blaise Hamlet80
Coombe Dingle70
Avonmouth67
Lodway37
Berwick28
Hallen28

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

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 Lawrence Weston 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 Lawrence Weston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lawrence Weston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lawrence Weston is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Henbury and Brentry84
2Southmead83
3Horfield81
4Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston80
5Bishopston and Ashley Down73
6Charlton & Cribbs73
7Stoke Bishop58
8Pill56
9Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze53
10Pilning & Severn Beach48
11Gordano Valley18

Which road in Lawrence Weston has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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