Total Crime Rate
144.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Darmead area has the 9th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Banwell & Winscombe , and the 110th 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 Darmead (BS24 7EH) in the last 12 months was 144.7 per 1,000 residents and was 166.4% higher than the Banwell & Winscombe average (54.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 111.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Darmead (BS24 7EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gator Court (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weston-super-Mare South Worle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Summer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gator Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gator Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gator Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gator Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hedge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darmead | Under investigation |
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