Total Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marjoram Way area has the lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Portishead East , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marjoram Way (BS20 7JF) in the last 12 months was 4.7 per 1,000 residents and was 95.1% lower than the Portishead East average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marjoram Way (BS20 7JF), the main crime hotspot is near Forth Avenue. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wight Row | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forth Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forth Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forth Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finisterre Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forth Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lundy Gate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peartree Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lundy Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmlea | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biscay Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lundy Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmlea | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curlew Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmlea | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tydeman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curlew Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wight Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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