Total Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lords 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.
View Crime In Bridgwater South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watermans Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moravia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crusader Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffen Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Naples View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Avenue | Under investigation |
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