Total Crime Rate
37.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Paddock area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Clevedon South , and the 290th lowest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Paddock (BS21 6JU) in the last 12 months was 37.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% lower than the Clevedon South average (41.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 166.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Paddock (BS21 6JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillview Avenue, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mantle Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlands Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yeoward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yeoward Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mantle Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mantle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mantle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yeoward Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shelley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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