Total Crime Rate

3810.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

2129.6 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 3810.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 2129.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1521.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 611.3 10/10
  • Public order 551.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 345.5 10/10
  • Other theft 212.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 202.7 10/10
  • Drugs 116.3 10/10
  • Burglary 53.2 10/10
  • Other crime 46.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 39.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 29.9 10/10
  • Robbery 26.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 26.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.6 10/10
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

Regent Street area has the highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Street (BS23 1SL) in the last 12 months was 3810.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1776.3% 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 458 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 8 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -13.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 641 (≈ 2129.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Street (BS23 1SL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Regent Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson West Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson West Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Parade
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birkbeck Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carlton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carlton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Carlton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlton Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Parade
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Parade
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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