Total Crime Rate

417.3 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 417.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 133.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 131.2 9/10
  • Public order 68.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.6 8/10
  • Other theft 18.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Orchard Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 19th 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 Orchard Street (BS23 1RJ) in the last 12 months was 417.3 per 1,000 residents and was 117.3% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 212.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Street (BS23 1RJ), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Street. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 135 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Alexandra Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Robbery Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Alexandra Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alexandra Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alexandra Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alexandra Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Alexandra Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regent Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regent Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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