Total Crime Rate

275.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 275.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 143.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.4 9/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tennyson Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 42nd 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 Tennyson Road (BS23 3TX) in the last 12 months was 275.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 174.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Road (BS23 3TX), the main crime hotspot is near Rydal Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tennyson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rydal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Selworthy Road
Sep 2025Other crime Selworthy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eliot Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Eliot Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Chaucer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wordsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baildon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Road
Sep 2025Other theft Baildon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kipling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Kipling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kipling Road
Sep 2025Other crime Baildon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baildon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grasmere Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kingsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Windwhistle Circle Under investigation

Data Sources

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