Total Crime Rate

141.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

104.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 104.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shelley Road area has the 44th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 114th highest crime rate of 731 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 Shelley Road (BS23 3XD) in the last 12 months was 141.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 104.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shelley Road (BS23 3XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ankatel Close, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chaucer Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shelley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winterstoke Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Eliot Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ullswater Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ullswater Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selworthy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Selworthy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Selworthy Road
Apr 2026Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bronte Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bronte Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bronte Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bronte Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ankatel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Baildon Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baildon Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baildon Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kenn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winterstoke Road

Data Sources

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