Total Crime Rate

250.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

103.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 250.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 103.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.8 10/10
  • Other theft 28.3 10/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beach Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 51st highest crime rate of 731 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 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 103.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 264.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beach Road (BS23 1BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beach Road, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beach Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlton Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Richmond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walliscote Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Richmond Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richmond Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birkbeck Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oxford Place —
Apr 2026Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albert Road —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Beach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Beach Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Beach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beach Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ellenborough Park North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ellenborough Park North —
Apr 2026Other theft Theme/Adventure Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oxford Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Oxford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Carlton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carlton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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