Total Crime Rate
377.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashcombe Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 733 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 Ashcombe Road (BS23 3DS) in the last 12 months was 377.3 per 1,000 residents and was 96.4% higher than the Weston-super-Mare South average (192.1 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -76.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 230.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashcombe Road (BS23 3DS), the main crime hotspot is near Lyons Court. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Florence Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyons Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyons Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elmhyrst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Elmhyrst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Florence Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wyvern Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Miller Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Swiss Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mendip Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hildesheim Bridge | — |
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