Total Crime Rate

208.5 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 208.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 29.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.3 10/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ricketts Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke , and the 71st highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North 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 Ricketts Lane (BS22 6DE) in the last 12 months was 208.5 per 1,000 residents and was 225.5% higher than the Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 85.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ricketts Lane (BS22 6DE), the main crime hotspot is near Wynter Close. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ricketts Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Tamar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Appletree Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Verbena Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackberry Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blackberry Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackberry Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackberry Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackberry Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Griffin Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clovelly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lester Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lester Drive Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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