Total Crime Rate

68.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 68.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lords Way area has the 44th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Bridgwater South , and the 656th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lords Way (TA6 3SF) in the last 12 months was 68.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% lower than the Bridgwater South average (266.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lords Way (TA6 3SF), the main crime hotspot is near Chatham Avenue. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lords Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watermans Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earls Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moravia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coleridge Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Trinity Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Trinity Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brendon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crusader Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffen Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Naples View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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