Total Crime Rate

47.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.4 5/10
  • Violent crimes 27.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Friendship 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.

Crime Over Time in Friendship Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Scotch Horn Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Friendship Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chapel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chapel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chapel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Link Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Link Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Woodland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chapel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Laurel Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft French Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Laurel Drive —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B3130 —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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