Total Crime Rate
596.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
298.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orchard Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 13th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Orchard Street (BS23 1RG) in the last 12 months was 596.1 per 1,000 residents and was 193.5% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 107 (≈ 298.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orchard Street (BS23 1RG), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Street. Police recorded 344 crimes here, including 157 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Parade | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Alexandra Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Alexandra Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Palmer Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Alexandra Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alfred Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worthy Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regent Street | Under investigation |
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