Bristol’s most dangerous streets according to police data

Someone is physically attacked or sexually assaulted on average once every three days on Bristol’s most violent street.

According to police figures, 1.6 million violent crimes and sex offenses were committed on the streets and neighborhoods of England and Wales last year, including around 27,500 in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. These offenses include a wide range of crimes against the person such as common assault, GBH (causing grievous bodily harm), rape, sexual assault and other sexual offences.

Across the country, there were almost 900 streets last year where there were at least 52 of these crimes – meaning someone was attacked, on average, once a week. But physical and sexual assaults are far more common on the nation’s most dangerous streets.

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Avon and Somerset Police said the crime category of “violent crime and sexual offences” includes a wide range of offenses and that this statistic does not represent physical assaults, adding that it does not mean these areas are unsafe.

Last year, 135 crimes were recorded “on or near” Lanes End in Bristol’s Brislington district. That’s the equivalent of three attacks a week, or one every 2.7 days.

Lanes End was followed by “on or near” Eastley Close in Thornbury North, South Gloucestershire, where 87 murders were recorded. The third common was “on or near” Whitchurch Lane, in Hartcliffe, Bristol and “on or near” Alexandra Parade in Weston Town, North Somerset (80 on both streets).

You can see violent crime rates where you live and the most dangerous streets using our interactive gadget.

Police figures covering the wider MSOA (Middle Layer Super Output Area) neighborhoods – which are typically made up of between 2,000 and 6,000 households – show that victims are most likely to be physically or sexually assaulted in a city or inner city. Bristol city center was the most dangerous neighborhood area in our area to visit.

Last year, a total of 934 violent or sexual offenses were recorded by the police in Bristol city centre. It was followed by Weston Town in North Somerset with 897 murders and then Hartcliffe in Bristol (609).

(All data below refers to “on or near” that street)

Bristol’s most dangerous streets

1. Lanes End, Brislington: 135 murders

2. Whitchurch Lane, Hartcliffe: 80

3. Penrith Gardens, Monks Park: 68

4. The Groves, Hartcliffe: 67

5. Loverose Way, Bristol city centre: 60

6. Berwick Road, Lower Easton: 56

7. Bath Road, Brislington: 56

8. Callowhill Court, Kingsdown: 53

There was also a large number of crimes recorded ‘on or near’ Bishopston Prison and Bristol Royal Infirmary in the city centre, but this is likely to refer to the location where these crimes were first reported, not necessarily at the place where they took place. .

Academic Mary Morgan, a writer on body politics, said the figures on sexual violence and crime highlight the dangers many women in particular face every day. She said: “It is a myth that violence against women on the streets only happens in dark alleyways in the middle of the night.

“Violence against women happens everywhere, at all times. Most of the streets with the highest levels of crime are actually near popular areas such as bars, restaurants and train stations.

“It is a fundamental right to be able to exist without the threat of violence. Women cannot even exist without the constant threat of evil. And it was normalized.

“We’ve all heard stories by now of women walking around with keys in hand, texting their friends’ locations, ‘text me when you get home’ being said as often as goodbye. This is not normal.

“Women should be able to leave the house without fear of violence or death.”

Avon and Somerset Police said in a statement: “Labeling individual streets as ‘most violent’ or ‘most dangerous’ based on top-level statistics is not an accurate reflection of those roads and misrepresents the communities that live there. We believe that this approach. it is unnecessary and sensational.

“The crime category of ‘violent and sexual offences’ includes a wide range of offences, from homicide to malicious communications (messages sent either orally, online or by letter intended to cause stress or anxiety) – malicious communications were included in the counting rules. for violent crime in 2015 – so this statistic does not represent physical attacks and does not mean that these areas are unsafe.