Weston-super-Mare Central
WardThe south west of the North Somerset. About 9,661 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 54% of people in Weston-super-Mare Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Weston-super-Mare Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Weston-super-Mare Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Weston-super-Mare Central at a rate of 319.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.3 per 1,000 people across North Somerset.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 374 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Weston-super-Mare Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,285), other crime (656) and anti-social behaviour (530).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of North Somerset
These figures are published for the whole of North Somerset, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Somerset and not Weston-super-Mare Central alone. See North Somerset
Weston-super-Mare Central in brief
Weston-super-Mare Central had 9,092 usual residents at the census.
About 54% of people in Weston-super-Mare Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Weston-super-Mare Central, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Weston-super-Mare Central, 6.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.