Total Crime Rate
108.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Winscombe Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winscombe Road (BS23 3PJ) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% lower 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 73.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winscombe Road (BS23 3PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Lewisham Grove. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 24 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Churchill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipham Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipham Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipham Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Public order | Mendip Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carpenter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wyvern Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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