Crime Statistics for Ashcombe Park, Kewstoke, North Somerset, 2024

Crime statistics for Ashcombe Park, Kewstoke

There were a total of 416 street level crime incidents in Ashcombe Park in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ashcombe Park, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime176
Anti Social Behaviour60
Public Order52
Shoplifting44
Criminal Damage Arson22
Other Theft12
Vehicle Crime12
Burglary11
Drugs8
Other Crime8
Bicycle Theft6
Robbery3
Theft From The Person1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime416

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashcombe Park. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ashcombe Park

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ashcombe Park and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ashcombe Park has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Ashcombe Park416
Uphill Manor (1.96 miles)183
Milton (0.62 miles)177
Clarence Park (1.75 miles)124
Kewstoke (0.62 miles)113
Norton (0.88 miles)94
Ebdon (2.24 miles)92
Bourton (2.77 miles)91
Locking (2.63 miles)17
Sand Point (2.32 miles)7

13.94%
of Weston-super-Mare Hillside residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ashcombe Park?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ashcombe Park and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Ashcombe Park176
Uphill Manor105
Milton72
Clarence Park61
Kewstoke55
Norton41
Bourton37
Ebdon36
Locking8
Sand Point2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ashcombe Park?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ashcombe Park to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ashcombe Park compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashcombe Park and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ashcombe Park is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Weston-super-Mare South90
2Weston-super-Mare Central86
3Weston-super-Mare Hillside74
4Weston-super-Mare Uphill68
5Weston-super-Mare Milton60
6Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke55
7Weston-super-Mare South Worle50
8Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke47
9Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle41
10Hutton & Locking36
11Weston-super-Mare North Worle30

Which road in Ashcombe Park has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ashcombe Park with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Manilla Place.

Last updated: February 2024
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