Crime Rate in Knowle, ward

Knowle has the 6th lowest crime rate of 34 wards in Bristol, City of district and the 3447th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 264th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Knowle in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% lower than the Bristol, City of district average (140.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Knowle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 387 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 502 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Knowle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Ryde Road, with 85 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cossington Road (28 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.