Total Crime Rate
90.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Plantation Cottages area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 194th 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 Plantation Cottages (BS23 3QE) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plantation Cottages (BS23 3QE), the main crime hotspot is near Downside Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 26 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Downside Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holts Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holts Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Amberey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stradling Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langport Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malvern Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | A3033 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumfries Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumfries Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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