Total Crime Rate
93.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Selworthy Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 188th highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Selworthy Road (BS23 3XE) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selworthy Road (BS23 3XE), the main crime hotspot is near Macfarlane Chase. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 40 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 | Public order | Windermere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Selworthy Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eliot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chaucer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Baildon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Macfarlane Chase | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Macfarlane Chase | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Macfarlane Chase | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macfarlane Chase | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Axe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Selworthy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baildon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baildon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baildon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marchfields Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Baildon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marchfields Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marchfields Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Axe Close | Under investigation |
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