Total Crime Rate

377.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 377.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 184.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.9 10/10
  • Public order 42.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.7 9/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ashcombe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road
Sep 2025Drugs Florence Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clarendon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyons Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyons Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elmhyrst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Elmhyrst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Florence Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashcombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Osborne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Osborne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wyvern Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miller Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Swiss Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mendip Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hildesheim Bridge

Data Sources

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