Total Crime Rate

185.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

118.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 185.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 118.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.6 9/10
  • Public order 23.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.9 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Upper Bristol Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 80th 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 Upper Bristol Road (BS22 8BG) in the last 12 months was 185.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Central average (349.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 118.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Bristol Road (BS22 8BG), the main crime hotspot is near Hillside Gardens. Police recorded 7 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Bristol Road area

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Data Sources

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