Total Crime Rate
45.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hillside Gardens area has the 29th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke , and the 363rd highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillside Gardens (BS22 9QQ) in the last 12 months was 45.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillside Gardens (BS22 9QQ), 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.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Brow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Brow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Notgrove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Notgrove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Brow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Brow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Brow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Brow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Crescent | Under investigation |
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