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Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston

Ward

North west Bristol. About 23,270 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 20 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 88% of people in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
22,165
101st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
88%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Avonmouth and Lawrence WestonMiddle
Population34 wards, Bristol · 2021
Population: every ward in Bristol34 areas from 6,037 to 22,165. The middle area is 13,231. Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston is 22,165.
22,165most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares34 wards, Bristol · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bristol34 areas from 16.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston is 88.0%.
88%8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage34 wards, Bristol · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bristol34 areas from 81.0% to 99.1%. The middle area is 95.8%. Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston is 94.3%.
94.3%14th lowest
Claimant rate34 wards, Bristol · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bristol34 areas from 0.9% to 7.4%. The middle area is 3.5%. Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston is 4.5%.
4.5%8th highest

Is Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston at a rate of 134.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 148.6 per 1,000 people across Bristol.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 191 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,262), other crime (558) and anti-social behaviour (334).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Bristol

These figures are published for the whole of Bristol, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bristol and not Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston alone. See Bristol

Average house price
£353,596
Up 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,509
151st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.9×
Joint 94th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.5
Joint 108th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston in brief

Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston had 22,165 usual residents at the census.

About 88% of people in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.