Total Crime Rate
47.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Friendship Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Nailsea West End , and the 365th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Friendship Road (BS48 1AE) in the last 12 months was 47.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% higher than the Nailsea West End average (42.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Friendship Road (BS48 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Link Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Scotch Horn Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friendship Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Link Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | French Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B3130 | — |
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