Total Crime Rate
6.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ruddymead area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Clevedon South , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 733 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 Ruddymead (BS21 5EN) in the last 12 months was 6.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.6% lower than the Clevedon South average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ruddymead (BS21 5EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillview Avenue (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clevedon South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillview Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hayward Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruddymead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kenn Road | Under investigation |
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