Crime Rates at High Street, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6PR

High Street 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 High Street (BS20 6PR) 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 High Street (BS20 6PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.