campus of City of Bristol College and several bars, restaurants, apartment buildings and offices. Kingsdown Kingsdown is a mainly residential area of Bristol, located to the north of the city centre and south of Cotham. Redcliffe A small portion of the Redcliffe area lies within the Cabot ward; most of it, however, lies in the Lawrence Hill ward. Spike Island Spike Island is the narrow strip of land between the Floating Harbour to the north and the tidal New Cut of the River Avon to the south, from the dock entrance to the west to Bathurst Basin in the east. From the digging of the "New Cut" until the Bathurst locks were sealed up, it was literally an island. Tyndall's Park Tyndall's Park is an area to the east of Clifton. It contains the main precinct of the University of Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and the BBC Bristol studios. Statistics In the 2001 Census Cabot ward had a resident population of 9,604. The population is generally young, student/professional and in rented accommodation. The ward was in the Parliamentary constituency of Bristol West (held by Thangam Debbonaire), and had two councillors: Mark Wright and Ani Stafford-Townsend. As of 2009/10, Cabot had the highest crime rate per resident of any ward in the city, with more than double the offences per head of any other ward. Fate Cabot ceased to exist as a ward in 2016, its area being allocated to Hotwells and Harbourside Ward Ward and Central Ward following boundary changes. References External links Census data Ward map Map of the area circa 1900 Wards of Bristol