Total Crime Rate
106.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severn Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 162nd 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 Severn Road (BS23 1DN) in the last 12 months was 106.1 per 1,000 residents and was 69.6% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Central average (349.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severn Road (BS23 1DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 188 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beach Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walliscote Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walliscote Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Severn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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