Total Crime Rate

66.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 66.9 6/10
  • Violent crimes 29.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.0 6/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Orchard Close area has the 20th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke , and the 263rd highest 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 Orchard Close (BS22 6PL) in the last 12 months was 66.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Close (BS22 6PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nin Court, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tamar Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunningdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westwood Close
Apr 2026Other theft Cherrywood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Road Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Landseer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunningdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cherrywood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hogarth Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hogarth Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hogarth Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Close
Apr 2026Public order The Scaurs Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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