Total Crime Rate

264.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 264.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Other theft 33.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.2 10/10
  • Burglary 23.2 10/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • 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

Methwyn Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 44th highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Methwyn Close (BS22 8LD) in the last 12 months was 264.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.9% higher than the Weston-super-Mare South average (192.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 106.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Methwyn Close (BS22 8LD), the main crime hotspot is near Hutton Moor Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Methwyn Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hutton Moor Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brookland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hutton Moor Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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