Crime Statistics for Backwell Common, West Town, North Somerset, 2024

There were a total of 19 street level crime incidents in Backwell Common in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Backwell Common, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	11
Other Theft	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Public Order	2
All Crime	19

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 Backwell Common. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Backwell Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Stone-edge Batch (1.75 miles)	54
Backwell Common	19
Potters Hill (2.63 miles)	13
Backwell (0.62 miles)	13
Brockley (2.24 miles)	13
Backwell Green (0.62 miles)	12
Farleigh (0.62 miles)	12
Downside (2.56 miles)	8
Cambridge Batch (2.48 miles)	2
Tyntesfield (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Backwell Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Stone-edge Batch	24
Backwell Common	11
Backwell	9
Backwell Green	8
Farleigh	8
Potters Hill	4
Downside	3
Brockley	2
Cambridge Batch	2
Tyntesfield	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Backwell Common?

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 Backwell Common 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 Backwell Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Backwell Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Backwell Common is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Congresbury & Puxton	45
2	Clevedon East	41
3	Portishead North	37
4	Backwell	34
5	Portishead South	34
6	Yatton	30
7	Nailsea West End	24
8	Nailsea Youngwood	24
9	Nailsea Yeo	23
10	Clevedon South	22
11	Nailsea Golden Valley	19

Which road in Backwell Common has the highest level of crime?

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