Total Crime Rate
604.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
351.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stafford Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 12th 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 Stafford Road (BS23 3BS) in the last 12 months was 604.9 per 1,000 residents and was 197.8% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 351.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stafford Road (BS23 3BS), the main crime hotspot is near Baker Street. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 33 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 | Burglary | Montepelier | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevelyan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevelyan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmhyrst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Miller Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trevelyan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhyrst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhyrst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevelyan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swiss Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyons Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyons Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyons Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wooler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakford Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lyons Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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