Hotwells and Harbourside 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: 51% here, compared with 26% across Bristol, City of (24.3 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: 61.7% here, compared with 42.1% across Bristol, City of (19.6 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: 4.5% here, compared with 14.5% across Bristol, City of (10.1 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 Hotwells and Harbourside ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,997 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,454 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Hotwells and Harbourside 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: 137 mapped crimes in September 2024; 194 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 · Hotwells and Harbourside
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
137
20
October 2024
130
18
November 2024
126
11
December 2024
125
13
January 2025
94
15
February 2025
98
17
March 2025
124
17
April 2025
118
19
May 2025
107
20
June 2025
116
16
July 2025
151
21
August 2025
128
22
September 2025
166
23
October 2025
174
34
November 2025
184
23
December 2025
159
20
January 2026
175
24
February 2026
131
25
March 2026
171
28
April 2026
148
26
May 2026
168
26
June 2026
141
20
July 2026
186
16
August 2026
194
28
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Hotwells and Harbourside
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
892
other theft
290
public order
181
criminal damage arson
127
shoplifting
109
burglary
83
vehicle crime
78
theft from the person
67
bicycle theft
66
drugs
49
robbery
37
possession of weapons
11
other crime
7
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.
