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

Locking Road area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 120th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Locking Road (BS23 3LY) in the last 12 months was 134.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Locking Road (BS23 3LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hutton Moor Road, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.