Total Crime Rate
55.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Mill Way area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 309th 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 Old Mill Way (BS24 7AS) in the last 12 months was 55.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Mill Way (BS24 7AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trelissick Gardens, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chester Close (15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sefton Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Boreal Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sweetgrass Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boreal Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boreal Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boreal Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Boreal Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boreal Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boreal Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boreal Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Larchgrove Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Larchgrove Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trelissick Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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