Total Crime Rate
153.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Drove Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 98th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Drove Road (BS23 3NW) in the last 12 months was 153.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 111.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drove Road (BS23 3NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holts Way (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holts Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holts Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holts Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holts Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Caister Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Caister Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caister Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hildesheim Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hildesheim Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hildesheim Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sandringham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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