Total Crime Rate
134.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southmead Road area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 120th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Southmead Road (BS22 8LU) in the last 12 months was 134.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% lower than the Weston-super-Mare South average (203.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southmead Road (BS22 8LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hutton Moor Road, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Milton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hutton Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linden Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Southmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Locking Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Moor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hutton Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hutton Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hutton Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hutton Moor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hutton Moor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hutton Moor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hutton Moor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hutton Moor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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