Crime Statistics for Emerson’s Green, Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 191 street level crime incidents in Emerson’s Green in February 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 Emerson’s Green, 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	89
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Public Order	20
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Burglary	9
Other Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Shoplifting	4
Drugs	4
Other Crime	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	191

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 Emerson’s Green. 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 Emerson’s Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Cheltenham (1.39 miles)	362
Mangotsfield (0.62 miles)	266
Downend (1.39 miles)	245
Frenchay (1.39 miles)	245
Emerson’s Green	191
Blackhorse (0.62 miles)	158
Hambrook (1.76 miles)	102
Shortwood (0.88 miles)	92
Moorend (1.39 miles)	90
Bromley Heath (1.39 miles)	90

Where are the most violent places near Emerson’s Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Cheltenham	135
Downend	112
Frenchay	112
Mangotsfield	108
Emerson’s Green	89
Blackhorse	74
Hambrook	52
Moorend	43
Bromley Heath	43
Shortwood	39

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Emerson’s Green?

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 Emerson’s Green 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 Emerson’s Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Emerson’s Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Emerson’s Green is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Frome Vale	84
2	Eastville	83
3	Hillfields	81
4	St George Central	78
5	Kingswood	70
6	Woodstock	68
7	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield	66
8	New Cheltenham	62
9	Hanham	55
10	Emersons Green	40
11	Frenchay & Downend	39

Which road in Emerson’s Green has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Emerson’s Green with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.