Crime Rates at Birchwood Avenue, Weston-super-mare, BS23 3JD

Birchwood Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 63rd 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 Birchwood Avenue (BS23 3JD) in the last 12 months was 215.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 129.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchwood Avenue (BS23 3JD), the main crime hotspot is near Shipham Close. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.