Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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.
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Crime overview

The Keep area has the 4th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle , and the 176th 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 The Keep (BS22 7PJ) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 79.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Keep (BS22 7PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Lester Drive. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle

Crime Over Time in The Keep area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladye Wake Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Michaels Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Close 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Lester Drive Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Lester Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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