Total Crime Rate

229.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 229.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 55.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.4 10/10
  • Public order 27.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 4/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Bristol Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 58th 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 Upper Bristol Road (BS22 8BP) in the last 12 months was 229.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Central average (343.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Bristol Road (BS22 8BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Brow (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Bristol Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Brow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Brow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Notgrove Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Notgrove Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Brow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hillside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Brow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Brow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Brow Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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