Total Crime Rate

118.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Burlington Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Portishead East , and the 140th highest crime rate of 733 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 Lower Burlington Road (BS20 7BP) in the last 12 months was 118.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% higher than the Portishead East average (89.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 200.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Burlington Road (BS20 7BP), the main crime hotspot is near Eastcliff. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Burlington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newfoundland Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newfoundland Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Burlington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Burlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Burlington Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martingale Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Square Under investigation

Data Sources

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