Total Crime Rate
127.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rossendale Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle , and the 130th 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 Rossendale Close (BS22 9HA) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% higher than the Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rossendale Close (BS22 9HA), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrywood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherrywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southdown | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Scaurs | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossendale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meadowbank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowbank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowbank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowbank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Landseer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
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