Total Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lynch Close area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke , and the 291st lowest crime rate of 731 local areas in North Somerset .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lynch Close (BS22 9JD) in the last 12 months was 37.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.3% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lynch Close (BS22 9JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nin Court, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Scaurs | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherrywood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrywood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossendale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Landseer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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