Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carlton Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 51st 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 Carlton Street (BS23 1UA) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 103.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 264.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carlton Street (BS23 1UA), 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 | Public order | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richmond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wilton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Place | — |
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