Total Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southfield Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Nailsea West End , and the 218th lowest 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 Southfield Road (BS48 1SE) in the last 12 months was 27.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southfield Road (BS48 1SE), 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chapel Close | 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 | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friendship Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Valley Way Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Way Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Way Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B3130 | — |
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