Crime Statistics for Shortwood, Warmley, South Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 92 street level crime incidents in Shortwood in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Shortwood, 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	39
Public Order	13
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Vehicle Crime	7
Burglary	5
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Drugs	3
Other Theft	2
Shoplifting	2
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	92

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 Shortwood. 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 Shortwood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Cheltenham (1.39 miles)	362
Warmley Hill (1.75 miles)	325
Mangotsfield (1.39 miles)	266
Emerson’s Green (0.88 miles)	191
Blackhorse (1.39 miles)	158
Warmley (1.24 miles)	111
Shortwood	92
Bridge Yate (1.39 miles)	36
Parkfield (1.76 miles)	28
Holbrook Common (1.76 miles)	9

Where are the most violent places near Shortwood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Cheltenham	135
Warmley Hill	125
Mangotsfield	108
Emerson’s Green	89
Blackhorse	74
Warmley	54
Shortwood	39
Bridge Yate	13
Parkfield	13
Holbrook Common	3

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

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 Shortwood 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 Shortwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shortwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shortwood 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	Parkwall & Warmley	60
10	Hanham	55
11	Emersons Green	40

Which road in Shortwood has the highest level of crime?

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