Total Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 101.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.0 9/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 5/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Pleshey Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke , and the 174th highest crime rate of 731 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 Pleshey Close (BS22 9DQ) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pleshey Close (BS22 9DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Pleshey Close. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pleshey Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Pleshey Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pleshey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pleshey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whittington Drive Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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