Crime Rate in Portishead East, ward

Portishead East has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 wards in North Somerset district and the 2205th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 139th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Portishead East in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.4% higher than the North Somerset district average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Portishead East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 278 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 368 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Portishead East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 81 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Forth Avenue (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.