Total Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Meadow area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Bridgwater North & Central , and the 557th lowest crime rate of 1,847 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 Church Meadow (TA6 3UL) in the last 12 months was 33.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.7% lower than the Bridgwater North & Central average (231.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Meadow (TA6 3UL), the main crime hotspot is near Coleridge Square. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halesleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crusader Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Square | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lyndale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rambler Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rambler Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rambler Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rambler Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Halesleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halesleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halesleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Halesleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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