Total Crime Rate

126.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.3 9/10
  • Public order 32.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Other crime 16.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Briary Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Portishead East , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Briary Road (BS20 6NE) in the last 12 months was 126.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% higher than the Portishead East average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briary Road (BS20 6NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Briary Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Avon Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avon Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willow Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willow Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rippleside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rippleside Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rippleside Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newlands Hill —
Apr 2026Public order Combe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quarry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Kilkenny Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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