Total Crime Rate
95.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Devonshire Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 179th highest crime rate of 733 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 Devonshire Road (BS23 4EB) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Central average (343.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devonshire Road (BS23 4EB), the main crime hotspot is near Downside Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | A3033 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stradling Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Downside Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumfries Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dumfries Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Southville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Southville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Selbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malvern Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southend Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Southend Road | Under investigation |
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