Cotham 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: 50% here, compared with 26% across Bristol, City of (23.9 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 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 59.2% here, compared with 42.1% across Bristol, City of (17.1 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
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: 2.5% here, compared with 14.5% across Bristol, City of (12.1 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 Cotham ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
727 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 618 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Cotham 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: 52 mapped crimes in September 2024; 50 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 · Cotham
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
52
11
October 2024
70
6
November 2024
48
2
December 2024
41
10
January 2025
74
7
February 2025
38
3
March 2025
63
6
April 2025
42
11
May 2025
55
7
June 2025
46
15
July 2025
53
17
August 2025
36
8
September 2025
60
7
October 2025
70
11
November 2025
62
6
December 2025
61
0
January 2026
76
11
February 2026
56
13
March 2026
73
9
April 2026
50
6
May 2026
57
10
June 2026
56
6
July 2026
56
7
August 2026
50
10
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Cotham
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
281
vehicle crime
148
criminal damage arson
90
other theft
64
public order
46
burglary
36
bicycle theft
23
drugs
16
robbery
6
possession of weapons
6
other crime
5
theft from the person
3
shoplifting
3
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.
