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

Locking Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 28th 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 Locking Road (BS23 3DN) in the last 12 months was 374.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 236.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Locking Road (BS23 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.