Total Crime Rate
259.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Westerleigh Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Dodington , and the 27th highest crime rate of 876 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Westerleigh Road (BS37 4BQ) in the last 12 months was 259.5 per 1,000 residents and was 417.1% higher than the Dodington average (50.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 122.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westerleigh Road (BS37 4BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blakeney Mills (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dodington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkdale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poole Court Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mow Barton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mow Barton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crantock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thorns Farm | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorns Farm | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poole Court Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Blakeney Mills | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Mills | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Mills | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Mills | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Mills | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Mills | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poole Court Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Leaze | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Lea | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mow Barton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mow Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cottage Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chatterton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodrush Heath | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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