Total Crime Rate

167.9 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 167.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Public order 22.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Lester Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke , and the 97th 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 Lester Drive (BS22 6NL) in the last 12 months was 167.9 per 1,000 residents and was 162.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lester Drive (BS22 6NL), 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.

View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke

Crime Over Time in Lester Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdalen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bishop Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lester Drive Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lester Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartmouth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tamar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clovelly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Michaels Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wynter Close Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 20 of 20

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑