Crime Rates at Castle Road, Weston-super-mare, BS22 9JW

Castle Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle , and the 130th 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 Castle Road (BS22 9JW) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% higher than the Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Road (BS22 9JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Friar Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.