Total Crime Rate
180.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Nailsea Golden Valley , and the 85th highest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
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 High Street (BS48 1AS) in the last 12 months was 180.3 per 1,000 residents and was 350.4% higher than the Nailsea Golden Valley average (40.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BS48 1AS), 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 | Other crime | Woodland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | French Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Link Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friendship Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B3130 | — |
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