Total Crime Rate

43.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 43.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.4 7/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ashcombe Gardens area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 358th lowest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashcombe Gardens (BS23 2XA) in the last 12 months was 43.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashcombe Gardens (BS23 2XA), the main crime hotspot is near Lewisham Grove. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ashcombe Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Maple Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hazeldene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Woodhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hazeldene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatfield Road
Sep 2025Public order Stock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hatfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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