Crime Rate in Southville, ward

Southville has the 7th highest crime rate of 34 wards in Bristol, City of district and the 555th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 39th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Southville in the last 12 months was 158.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% higher than the Bristol, City of district average (140.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Southville’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 682 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -39.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 963 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Southville ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 337 crimes here, including 115 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.