Total Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.2 9/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brean Down Avenue area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Central , and the 206th highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brean Down Avenue (BS23 4JH) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brean Down Avenue (BS23 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charlton Avenue, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walliscote Road South (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brean Down Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Uphill Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Walliscote Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadoak Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Broadoak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broadoak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brean Down Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walliscote Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walliscote Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadoak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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