Total Crime Rate
148.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Mendip Central and East , and the 281st highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in 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 Broadway (BA3 4ST) in the last 12 months was 148.8 per 1,000 residents and was 229.0% higher than the Mendip Central and East average (45.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 6 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -4.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1566.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (BA3 4ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raglan Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorner Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsley Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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