Total Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Meadowlands Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Bridgwater North & Central , and the 496th lowest 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 Meadowlands Avenue (TA6 3UA) in the last 12 months was 28.0 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% lower than the Bridgwater North & Central average (229.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadowlands Avenue (TA6 3UA), 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 North & Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Avenue | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crusader Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Watermans Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
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