Crime Rates at Locking Road, Weston-super-mare, BS23 3BY

Locking Road area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 119th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Locking Road (BS23 3BY) in the last 12 months was 134.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% lower 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 86.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Locking Road (BS23 3BY), the main crime hotspot is near Alexandra Parade. Police recorded 271 crimes here, including 103 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.