Total Crime Rate

228.7 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 228.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.0 9/10
  • Other theft 31.0 10/10
  • Public order 19.4 9/10
  • Other crime 15.5 10/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Meadow Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Weston-super-Mare South , and the 59th 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 Meadow Street (BS23 1QN) in the last 12 months was 228.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Street (BS23 1QN), 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Francis Fox Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boulevard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Alma Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burlington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Palmer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hans Price Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hans Price Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hans Price Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hans Price Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hans Price Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Street —

Data Sources

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