Southville 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?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 61.2% here, compared with 42.1% across Bristol, City of (19 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.
Homes rented privately: 35% here, compared with 26% across Bristol, City of (8.6 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 no qualifications: 9.7% here, compared with 14.5% across Bristol, City of (4.9 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 Southville ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,964 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,886 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Southville 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: 147 mapped crimes in September 2024; 175 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 · Southville
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
147
17
October 2024
183
21
November 2024
133
26
December 2024
131
22
January 2025
133
21
February 2025
143
17
March 2025
170
34
April 2025
164
24
May 2025
175
31
June 2025
156
37
July 2025
154
35
August 2025
197
60
September 2025
175
38
October 2025
213
30
November 2025
209
31
December 2025
181
35
January 2026
159
19
February 2026
132
22
March 2026
149
29
April 2026
140
31
May 2026
153
25
June 2026
134
34
July 2026
144
38
August 2026
175
18
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Southville
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
666
shoplifting
240
public order
202
other theft
188
criminal damage arson
185
vehicle crime
149
burglary
113
robbery
78
bicycle theft
41
drugs
40
other crime
32
theft from the person
15
possession of weapons
15
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.
