Total Crime Rate

124.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 124.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 43.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 8/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Burlington Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Portishead East , and the 134th 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 Lower Burlington Road (BS20 7BP) in the last 12 months was 124.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% higher than the Portishead East average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 216.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Burlington Road (BS20 7BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martingale Way, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merchant Square (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lower Burlington Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South View —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merchant Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour London Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Martingale Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Burlington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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