Crime in North Somerset: statistics, rates and trends
19,384 crimes were recorded in North Somerset in the 12 months to August 2026, 86.3 per 1,000 residents. That is close to the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and up 2% on the year before.
Table of Contents
- Crime map
- Crime in North Somerset at a glance
- Crime trends in North Somerset
- Types of crime in North Somerset
- Home Office recorded crime in North Somerset
- North Somerset compared with nearby districts
- Areas within North Somerset
- Streets with the most crime in North Somerset
- What happened after crimes were reported in North Somerset
- Demographics of North Somerset
- Fly-tipping in North Somerset
- Questions about crime in North Somerset
- About this data
Crime map
Violence and sexual offences (8,002), anti-social behaviour (2,706) and public order (1,645) made up 64% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 153rd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lower half.
| Measure | North Somerset | South West | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes, the 12 months to August 2026 | 19,384 | 437,109 | 5,618,064 |
| Crimes per 1,000 residents | 86.3 | 83.7 | 96.7 |
| Change on previous 12 months | +2% | +2% | -1% |
| Population | 224,578 | 5,220,315 | 58,127,638 |
The year to August 2026 had the most recorded crime in North Somerset of any year here (19,384 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 21%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.
| Period | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year to August 2026 | 19,384 | 86.3 | 96.7 |
| Year to August 2025 | 19,036 | 84.8 | 97.2 |
| Year to August 2024 | 18,874 | 84.0 | 97.9 |
| Year to August 2023 | 16,648 | 74.1 | n/a |
| Year to August 2022 | 16,543 | 73.7 | 102.0 |
| Year to August 2021 | 15,511 | 69.1 | 101.4 |
| Year to August 2020 | 17,232 | 76.7 | 102.7 |
| Year to August 2019 | 17,434 | 77.6 | 101.7 |
| Year to August 2018 | 15,968 | 71.1 | 100.8 |
Month by month
| Month | Crimes |
|---|---|
| August 2026 | 1,542 |
| July 2026 | 1,674 |
| June 2026 | 1,627 |
| May 2026 | 1,709 |
| April 2026 | 1,691 |
| March 2026 | 1,653 |
| February 2026 | 1,465 |
| January 2026 | 1,410 |
| December 2025 | 1,534 |
| November 2025 | 1,659 |
| October 2025 | 1,760 |
| September 2025 | 1,660 |
No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (90% below) and drugs (55% below) were well below it. On the year before, theft from the person rose from 25 to 37 and robbery rose from 155 to 222, while public order fell from 1,965 to 1,645.
| Crime type | Crimes | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Change on year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8,002 | 35.6 | 34.2 | +1% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2,706 | 12.0 | 15.4 | +4% |
| Public order | 1,645 | 7.3 | 6.7 | -16% |
| Shoplifting | 1,462 | 6.5 | 8.5 | -5% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1,437 | 6.4 | 6.7 | +15% |
| Other theft | 1,363 | 6.1 | 6.4 | +3% |
| Vehicle crime | 729 | 3.2 | 5.0 | +1% |
| Burglary | 710 | 3.2 | 3.6 | +8% |
| Other crime | 435 | 1.9 | 2.1 | +19% |
| Drugs | 332 | 1.5 | 3.3 | +21% |
| Robbery | 222 | 1.0 | 1.4 | +43% |
| Possession of weapons | 159 | 0.7 | 1.0 | +36% |
| Bicycle theft | 145 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +13% |
| Theft from the person | 37 | 0.2 | 1.7 | +48% |
What each category covers: crime categories.
18,369 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in North Somerset in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 81.8 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, North Somerset had the 106th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).
Of the crimes recorded in the Avon and Somerset Police area in the year ending March 2026, 2.5% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for North Somerset is an undercount.
No change on the year or longer series is given for North Somerset: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Avon and Somerset Police area not assigned to a district moved from 1.4% in the year ending March 2025 to 2.5% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.
Offences recorded in North Somerset, the year ending March 2026
The largest category was stalking and harassment, with 3,178 offences (17% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for public order offences (1.4 times the national rate) and stalking and harassment (1.4 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.12 times), trafficking of drugs (0.41 times) and possession of drugs (0.48 times).
| Offence | Offences | Per 1,000 | England and Wales per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalking and harassment | 3,178 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 1.40 |
| Violence without injury | 3,159 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 1.06 |
| Public order offences | 2,245 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 1.44 |
| Violence with injury | 1,563 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 0.85 |
| Criminal damage | 1,493 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 0.97 |
| Other theft offences | 1,482 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 1.01 |
| Shoplifting | 1,447 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 0.79 |
| Vehicle offences | 841 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 0.74 |
| Residential burglary | 493 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.88 |
| Other sexual offences | 466 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.91 |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 449 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.95 |
| Rape | 306 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.13 |
| Possession of drugs | 269 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.48 |
| Non-residential burglary | 235 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.94 |
| Possession of weapons | 162 | 0.72 | 1.00 | 0.72 |
| Bicycle theft | 159 | 0.71 | 0.85 | 0.83 |
| Robbery of personal property | 115 | 0.51 | 0.91 | 0.56 |
| Trafficking of drugs | 109 | 0.49 | 1.2 | 0.41 |
| Robbery of business property | 93 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.87 |
| Arson | 54 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.63 |
| Theft from the person | 49 | 0.22 | 1.8 | 0.12 |
| Death or serious injury caused by unlawful driving | 1 | <0.01 | 0.03 | 0.13 |
| Homicide | 1 | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.55 |
Districts in the Avon and Somerset Police area, the year ending March 2026
Of the 5 districts in the Avon and Somerset Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, North Somerset had the 3rd highest rate.
| District | Offences | Per 1,000 | Index (E&W = 1.00) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol, City of | 64,759 | 131.0 | 1.57 |
| Somerset | 49,467 | 84.1 | 1.01 |
| North Somerset | 18,369 | 81.8 | 0.98 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 15,811 | 79.0 | 0.95 |
| South Gloucestershire | 22,595 | 73.8 | 0.89 |
Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.
6 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than North Somerset; the highest is Bristol, City of (148.8 per 1,000) and the lowest Vale of Glamorgan (73.1).
| District | Crimes | Per 1,000 | Rate vs North Somerset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol, City of | 73,581 | 148.8 | +72% |
| Newport | 23,166 | 138.0 | +60% |
| Cardiff | 42,811 | 111.5 | +29% |
| South Gloucestershire | 23,911 | 78.1 | -10% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 18,013 | 90.1 | +4% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 9,926 | 73.1 | -15% |
| Somerset | 53,421 | 90.8 | +5% |
| Torfaen | 11,756 | 124.9 | +45% |
Of the 53 areas within North Somerset, Weston-super-Mare Central had the highest crime rate (319.1 per 1,000) and Blagdon the lowest (34.0), 9 times apart.
| Area | Type | Population | Crimes | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston-super-Mare Central | Neighbourhood | 10,760 | 3,433 | 319.1 |
| Redhill (North Somerset) | Town | 1,495 | 341 | 228.1 |
| Weston-super-Mare South | Neighbourhood | 10,957 | 2,055 | 187.6 |
| Weston-super-Mare Hillside | Neighbourhood | 9,377 | 1,297 | 138.3 |
| West Wick | Town | 3,318 | 428 | 129.0 |
| Wrington | Neighbourhood | 3,298 | 416 | 126.1 |
| Weston-super-Mare | Town | 87,826 | 10,745 | 122.3 |
| Portishead North | Neighbourhood | 4,481 | 441 | 98.4 |
| Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke | Neighbourhood | 6,641 | 646 | 97.3 |
| Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke | Neighbourhood | 10,413 | 954 | 91.6 |
| Pill | Neighbourhood | 5,068 | 442 | 87.2 |
| Pill | Town | 4,985 | 428 | 85.9 |
| Weston-super-Mare Milton | Neighbourhood | 9,868 | 835 | 84.6 |
| Nailsea Yeo | Neighbourhood | 2,977 | 246 | 82.6 |
| Weston-super-Mare South Worle | Neighbourhood | 10,493 | 865 | 82.4 |
| Locking | Town | 4,233 | 346 | 81.7 |
| Clevedon East | Neighbourhood | 3,549 | 287 | 80.9 |
| Weston-super-Mare Uphill | Neighbourhood | 6,134 | 496 | 80.9 |
| Clevedon West | Neighbourhood | 4,572 | 364 | 79.6 |
| Hutton (North Somerset) | Town | 1,624 | 116 | 71.4 |
| Portishead | Town | 25,672 | 1,810 | 70.5 |
| Portishead East | Neighbourhood | 8,072 | 560 | 69.4 |
| Portishead West | Neighbourhood | 9,500 | 655 | 68.9 |
| Churchill (North Somerset) | Town | 3,221 | 216 | 67.1 |
| Hutton & Locking | Neighbourhood | 8,642 | 567 | 65.6 |
| Congresbury | Town | 3,843 | 233 | 60.6 |
| Congresbury & Puxton | Neighbourhood | 3,843 | 233 | 60.6 |
| Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle | Neighbourhood | 4,521 | 270 | 59.7 |
| Blagdon & Churchill | Neighbourhood | 4,693 | 266 | 56.7 |
| Long Ashton | Town | 4,923 | 276 | 56.1 |
| Banwell | Town | 1,596 | 89 | 55.8 |
| Clevedon | Town | 21,504 | 1,199 | 55.8 |
| Winford | Neighbourhood | 4,858 | 263 | 54.1 |
| Nailsea | Town | 17,565 | 941 | 53.6 |
| Nailsea Golden Valley | Neighbourhood | 4,877 | 256 | 52.5 |
| Wick St Lawrence & St Georges | Neighbourhood | 5,800 | 300 | 51.7 |
| Nailsea West End | Neighbourhood | 4,977 | 256 | 51.4 |
| Long Ashton | Neighbourhood | 8,396 | 424 | 50.5 |
| Banwell & Winscombe | Neighbourhood | 9,189 | 463 | 50.4 |
| Yatton | Town | 10,492 | 524 | 49.9 |
| Bleadon | Town | 1,485 | 72 | 48.5 |
| Flax Bourton | Town | 1,519 | 68 | 44.8 |
| Gordano Valley | Neighbourhood | 5,160 | 228 | 44.2 |
| Clevedon South | Neighbourhood | 4,502 | 194 | 43.1 |
| Portishead South | Neighbourhood | 3,619 | 154 | 42.6 |
| Weston-super-Mare North Worle | Neighbourhood | 7,928 | 336 | 42.4 |
| Winscombe and Sandford | Town | 5,264 | 221 | 42.0 |
| Clevedon Yeo | Neighbourhood | 4,791 | 201 | 42.0 |
| Wrington | Town | 1,803 | 75 | 41.6 |
| Nailsea Youngwood | Neighbourhood | 3,100 | 118 | 38.1 |
| Backwell | Town | 4,940 | 186 | 37.7 |
| Clevedon Walton | Neighbourhood | 4,090 | 153 | 37.4 |
| Blagdon | Town | 1,472 | 50 | 34.0 |
The 10 locations below account for 19% of the crime recorded in North Somerset over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (848).
| Location | Crimes |
|---|---|
| On or near Parking Area | 848 |
| On or near Supermarket | 766 |
| On or near Shopping Area | 343 |
| On or near Alexandra Parade | 319 |
| On or near Regent Street | 284 |
| On or near Petrol Station | 282 |
| On or near Police Station | 243 |
| On or near South Parade | 215 |
| On or near Station Road | 163 |
| On or near Appletree Mews | 162 |
Of the 16,678 crimes in North Somerset with a recorded outcome, 31% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.0% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 2,706 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.
| Outcome | Crimes | Share | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unable to prosecute suspect | 7,247 | 43.5% | 34.5% |
| Investigation complete; no suspect identified | 5,097 | 30.6% | 35.3% |
| Under investigation | 1,392 | 8.3% | 11.5% |
| Status update unavailable | 994 | 6.0% | 4.7% |
| Awaiting court outcome | 668 | 4.0% | 5.2% |
| Further investigation is not in the public interest | 376 | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| Court result unavailable | 315 | 1.9% | 2.5% |
| Action to be taken by another organisation | 218 | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| Local resolution | 143 | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Further action is not in the public interest | 80 | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Offender given a caution | 63 | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Formal action is not in the public interest | 55 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
North Somerset has an estimated population of 224,578 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has less social housing (9.2%, against 17.1%), fewer households without a car (15%, against 23%) and fewer students (5.3%, against 7.9%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up North Somerset average decile 6.8 (1 = most deprived), less deprived than average.
| Measure | North Somerset | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Aged 0 to 15 | 17.5% | 18.3% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24.0% | 18.9% |
| Residents 16+ in work | 57.5% | 57.2% |
| Residents 16+ unemployed | 2.2% | 3.4% |
| Residents 16+ retired | 28.0% | 21.6% |
| Residents 16+ who are students | 5.3% | 7.9% |
| Residents 16+ with Level 4 qualifications or above (degree, HND and similar) | 33.9% | 33.8% |
| Residents 16+ with no qualifications | 14.9% | 18.2% |
| Households with no car or van | 14.9% | 23.3% |
| Homes owned outright or with a mortgage | 72.3% | 62.5% |
| Social rented homes | 9.2% | 17.1% |
| Private rented homes | 18.4% | 20.3% |
| Average deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least) | 6.8 | 5.5 (England) |
| Residents in the most deprived 10% of areas | 6.6% | 10.1% (England) |
2,226 fly-tipping incidents were recorded in North Somerset in 2024/25 (9.9 per 1,000 residents, against 21.1 across the councils in England that count all incidents), according to the council's return to Defra. Fly-tipping is not in the police figures on this page: fly-tipping in North Somerset has the council's figures by place, type of waste and size, and its enforcement actions and fines.
Is North Somerset a safe place to live?
North Somerset recorded 86.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, close to the England and Wales rate of 96.7, and ranks 153rd of the 302 districts on this site by crime rate (1 = highest).
What is the most common crime in North Somerset?
Violence and sexual offences was the most common category, with 8,002 reports in the 12 months to August 2026, followed by anti-social behaviour (2,706).
Is crime in North Somerset going up or down?
Recorded crime in North Somerset was up 2% on the year before: 19,384 crimes in the 12 months to August 2026 against 19,036 in the previous 12 months.
What is the population of North Somerset?
About 224,578 people (ONS mid-2024 estimate), 24% of them aged 65 or over (England and Wales: 19%).
Which police force covers North Somerset?
North Somerset is policed by Avon and Somerset.
How many crimes did the police record in North Somerset in the year ending March 2026?
18,369 crimes, excluding fraud, in the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics: 81.8 per 1,000 residents, against 83.2 across England and Wales.
Which offences are more common in North Somerset than across England and Wales?
Relative to the national rate, the most over-represented categories in the year ending March 2026 were public order offences (2,245 offences, 1.4 times the England and Wales rate) and stalking and harassment (3,178 offences, 1.4 times the England and Wales rate).
Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.