Crime Statistics for Long Ashton, North Somerset, 2024

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Long Ashton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Long Ashton, 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	12
Burglary	5
Vehicle Crime	2
Shoplifting	2
Other Crime	2
Other Theft	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	25

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 Long Ashton. 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 Long Ashton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bedminster Down (1.96 miles)	295
Ashton Gate (1.96 miles)	269
Bower Ashton (1.39 miles)	101
Ashton Vale (1.24 miles)	88
Long Ashton	25
Abbots Leigh (1.86 miles)	7
Barrow Common (1.86 miles)	4
Failand (1.39 miles)	2
Barrow Gurney (1.96 miles)	2
Cambridge Batch (1.39 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Long Ashton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bedminster Down	120
Ashton Gate	80
Ashton Vale	39
Bower Ashton	36
Long Ashton	12
Cambridge Batch	2
Failand	1
Abbots Leigh	0
Barrow Common	0
Barrow Gurney	0

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

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 Long Ashton 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 Long Ashton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Long Ashton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Long Ashton is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hartcliffe and Withywood	95
2	Filwood	89
3	Windmill Hill	81
4	Bishopsworth	79
5	Southville	77
6	Bedminster	73
7	Hotwells and Harbourside	72
8	Winford	55
9	Clifton	54
10	Long Ashton	37
11	Backwell	34

Which road in Long Ashton has the highest level of crime?

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