Central ward · Bristol, City of. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented privately: 58% here, compared with 26% across Bristol, City of (31.8 percentage points higher).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 65 or over: 3.5% here, compared with 12.9% across Bristol, City of (9.4 percentage points lower).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 5.6% here, compared with 14.5% across Bristol, City of (8.9 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Central ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
9,761 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 8,051 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Central ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 716 mapped crimes in September 2024; 814 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Central
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
716
113
October 2024
799
145
November 2024
666
105
December 2024
589
84
January 2025
675
131
February 2025
584
120
March 2025
644
158
April 2025
658
126
May 2025
690
151
June 2025
562
160
July 2025
669
216
August 2025
799
232
September 2025
839
208
October 2025
938
236
November 2025
885
173
December 2025
831
190
January 2026
789
180
February 2026
746
183
March 2026
800
196
April 2026
822
164
May 2026
734
166
June 2026
722
160
July 2026
841
138
August 2026
814
176
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Central
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
3,033
shoplifting
1,570
public order
1,286
other theft
1,107
criminal damage arson
639
burglary
482
vehicle crime
380
robbery
354
bicycle theft
334
drugs
224
theft from the person
197
other crime
93
possession of weapons
62
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary: Due to a change in IT systems there are known issues with crime and outcome data since October 2015 as latitude and longitude information is missing from approximately 2000 crimes each month. The force will be working to rectify this and provide the missing data over the coming months.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
