Total Crime Rate

108.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.2 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Edinburgh Place area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 154th 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 Edinburgh Place (BS23 2QL) in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.4% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Central average (343.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edinburgh Place (BS23 2QL), the main crime hotspot is near South Parade. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Edinburgh Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Longton Grove Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadham Street
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longton Grove Road
Sep 2025Burglary Longton Grove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order South Parade Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order South Parade Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street

Data Sources

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