Total Crime Rate

743.7 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 743.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 206.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 147.6 9/10
  • Public order 125.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 100.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 52.9 10/10
  • Other theft 50.1 10/10
  • Robbery 16.7 10/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
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

Meadow Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 8th highest crime rate of 733 local areas in North Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow Street (BS23 1QH) in the last 12 months was 743.7 per 1,000 residents and was 287.2% 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 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 126 (≈ 351.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Street (BS23 1QH), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Street. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 135 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Weston-super-Mare South

Crime Over Time in Meadow Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street
Sep 2025Robbery Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterloo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Longton Grove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longton Grove Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Further investigation is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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