Total Crime Rate
202.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middle Stream Close area has the 17th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bridgwater South , and the 185th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Middle Stream Close (TA6 6LF) in the last 12 months was 202.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% lower than the Bridgwater South average (285.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -2.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 119.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middle Stream Close (TA6 6LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Snowberry Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penlea Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Snowberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penlea Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penlea Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Penlea Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhode Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Octavia Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamp Brook Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hamp Brook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Daws Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daws Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daws Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Daws Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewberry Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Snowberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bugle Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bugle Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bramble Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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