Southmead 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 from a council or housing association: 34% here, compared with 19% across Bristol, City of (15.1 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
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: 30.7% here, compared with 42.1% across Bristol, City of (11.4 percentage points lower).
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.
Homes rented privately: 17% here, compared with 26% across Bristol, City of (9.1 percentage points lower).
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.
Police-recorded locations for Southmead ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,681 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,434 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Southmead 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: 133 mapped crimes in September 2024; 155 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 · Southmead
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
133
26
October 2024
142
12
November 2024
130
11
December 2024
81
10
January 2025
105
13
February 2025
96
10
March 2025
144
9
April 2025
129
24
May 2025
163
22
June 2025
117
20
July 2025
85
20
August 2025
109
18
September 2025
122
18
October 2025
189
17
November 2025
164
11
December 2025
131
14
January 2026
154
13
February 2026
156
14
March 2026
110
14
April 2026
110
19
May 2026
105
24
June 2026
139
18
July 2026
146
20
August 2026
155
23
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Southmead
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
659
shoplifting
257
vehicle crime
153
public order
149
criminal damage arson
136
other theft
117
drugs
65
burglary
46
other crime
38
robbery
36
possession of weapons
17
bicycle theft
6
theft from the person
2
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.
