Total Crime Rate
236.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rydal Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 55th highest crime rate of 733 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 Rydal Road (BS23 3RT) in the last 12 months was 236.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% higher than the Weston-super-Mare South average (192.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 42 (β 148.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 121.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rydal Road (BS23 3RT), the main crime hotspot is near Lonsdale Avenue. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 45 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Canberra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baildon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baildon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baildon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Taverners Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Taverners Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windwhistle Circle | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grasmere Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kipling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
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