Bristol sees high crime rates, ranking among the most dangerous areas. Police record numerous offenses.
Avon and Somerset Police dealt with 163,882 crimes. Police divide their areas into smaller sections. These sections pretty much match local areas. Crime rates help you compare different places.
You look at crimes per 1,000 residents. Bristol has the tenth highest rate. This includes over 300 areas, and it is also the highest in Avon and Somerset. Bristol had 130 crimes per 1,000 residents. About one in eight people reported a crime.
North Somerset follows next in their area, with 81 crimes per 1,000 folks. South Gloucestershire is safest there, with rates at 70. That means about one crime happened per fourteen people reported. London’s police had the most cases; that’s not too shocking.
London cops handled 944,000 crime reports. West Midlands had 321,000 cases. West Yorkshire recorded 278,000 events. Westminster has the highest crime rate, at 434 crimes per 1,000 folks.
That basically means one in two folks experience crime. Camden is next and they have half the amount. They have 189 crimes for every 1,000 people reported. Tourists are likely a factor.
Westminster gets tons of tourists. That attracts criminals. Theft is way higher there; it’s triple the next highest area. Outside London, Middlesbrough is most dangerous.
Middlesbrough has 166 crimes per 1,000 people. That is like one crime per six folks. Manchester follows with 158 per 1,000. Then Blackpool is next with 155, and Hartlepool has 141 reported.
Homicides went down by four percent. Knife crime rose by the same rate. Firearms offenses increased a lot, almost twenty percent. Robbery went slightly up as well. Shoplifting increased notably.