Crime Rates at Whitecross Road, Weston-super-mare, BS23 1ET

Whitecross Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 45th highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitecross Road (BS23 1ET) in the last 12 months was 264.8 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 132.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitecross Road (BS23 1ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walliscote Grove Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.