Total Crime Rate

91.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.9 10/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Southside area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 191st 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 Southside (BS23 2QT) in the last 12 months was 91.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -10.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southside (BS23 2QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Palmer Street, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Place (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Orchard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orchard Place —
Sep 2025Public order Longton Grove Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Longton Grove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longton Grove Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Orchard Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orchard Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Public order Orchard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Orchard Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmer Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting King'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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