Total Crime Rate

107.8 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 107.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackthorn Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Portishead East , and the 155th highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackthorn Drive (BS20 7LD) in the last 12 months was 107.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% higher than the Portishead East average (89.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 18.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackthorn Drive (BS20 7LD), the main crime hotspot is near Harbour Crescent. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackthorn Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A369 —
Sep 2025Public order Portbury Common Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacobs Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacobs Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacobs Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peartree Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Heron Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheviot Meadow —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbour Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harbour Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Serbert Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Serbert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lynton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Serbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A369 —
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Data Sources

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