Total Crime Rate
168.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Keel Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Portishead East , and the 96th 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 Keel Avenue (BS20 7PS) in the last 12 months was 168.1 per 1,000 residents and was 87.6% higher than the Portishead East average (89.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keel Avenue (BS20 7PS), the main crime hotspot is near Forth Avenue. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portishead East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Navigators Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Navigators Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argentia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argentia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argentia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argentia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Argentia Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Guillemot Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Phoenix Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanderling Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newfoundland Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newfoundland Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argentia Place | Under investigation |
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