Total Crime Rate

12.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 12.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Upper New Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Cheddar , and the 137th lowest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in 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 Upper New Road (BS27 3DN) in the last 12 months was 12.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.1% lower than the Cheddar average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper New Road (BS27 3DN), the main crime hotspot is near Sharpham Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiveways Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holwell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holwell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sharpham Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sharpham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oaklands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrows Croft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiveways Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiveways Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrows Croft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiveways Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springfield Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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