Total Crime Rate

273.6 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 273.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.6 10/10
  • Public order 37.7 10/10
  • Other theft 23.6 10/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Beach Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beach Road (BS23 1BT) in the last 12 months was 273.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% higher than the Weston-super-Mare South average (192.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 155.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1000.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 318.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beach Road (BS23 1BT), the main crime hotspot is near Richmond Street. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Weston-super-Mare South

Crime Over Time in Beach Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gloucester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gloucester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St James Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Richmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walliscote Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Walliscote Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walliscote Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wilton Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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