Total Crime Rate
141.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shelley 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.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winterstoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eliot Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ullswater Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selworthy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selworthy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selworthy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ankatel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baildon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kenn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winterstoke Road | — |
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