Total Crime Rate

164.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 164.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.1 8/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackdown Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Midsomer Norton Redfield , and the 74th highest crime rate of 598 local areas in Bath and North East Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackdown Way (BA3 4GA) in the last 12 months was 164.3 per 1,000 residents and was 173.6% higher than the Midsomer Norton Redfield average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 80.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 89.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackdown Way (BA3 4GA), the main crime hotspot is near Blackdown Way. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blackdown Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Charlton Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fosseway South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackdown Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackdown Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beauchamp Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grange End —
Sep 2025Burglary Beauchamp Park Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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