Total Crime Rate
419.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tennyson Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 24th highest crime rate of 731 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 Tennyson Road (BS23 3TX) in the last 12 months was 419.2 per 1,000 residents and was 106.4% higher than the Weston-super-Mare South average (203.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tennyson Road (BS23 3TX), the main crime hotspot is near Rydal Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Taverners Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baildon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Taverners Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taverners Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kipling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Andrew'S Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Andrew'S Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taverners Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ullswater Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selworthy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selworthy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selworthy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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