Total Crime Rate

259.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 259.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 30.5 7/10
  • Other theft 26.7 10/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Westerleigh 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.

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Crime Over Time in Westerleigh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birkdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poole Court Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mow Barton
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mow Barton
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mow Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mow Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mow Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crantock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thorns Farm Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thorns Farm Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poole Court Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Blakeney Mills Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Mills Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Mills Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeney Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poole Court Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs The Leaze Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priors Lea Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mow Barton
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mow Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Cottage Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Chatterton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodrush Heath Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order The Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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