Total Crime Rate
128.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodland Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 129th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodland Road (BS23 4HE) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Central average (349.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 110.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodland Road (BS23 4HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Royal Sands, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broadoak Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Uphill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Walliscote Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadoak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadoak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadoak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walliscote Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uphill Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royal Sands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Sands | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadoak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walliscote Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quantock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brean Down Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadoak Road | Under investigation |
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