Total Crime Rate
782.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lonsdale Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 6th highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lonsdale Avenue (BS23 3SE) in the last 12 months was 782.4 per 1,000 residents and was 307.4% higher 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 Shoplifting with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 194.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lonsdale Avenue (BS23 3SE), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Downside Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrew'S Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Andrew'S Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grasmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grasmere Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lonsdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brue Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lonsdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stradling Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonebridge Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Downside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
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