Total Crime Rate
843.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
190.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harbour Road area has the highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Portishead East , and the 7th 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 Harbour Road (BS20 7JW) in the last 12 months was 843.5 per 1,000 residents and was 782.3% higher than the Portishead East average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 117 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -19.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 190.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harbour Road (BS20 7JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harbour Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harbour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cabstand | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cabstand | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martingale Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harbour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harbour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harbour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harbour Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harbour Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harbour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harbour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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