Crime Rate in Mendip Hills, ward

Mendip Hills has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 55 wards in Somerset district and the 972nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 133rd lowest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mendip Hills in the last 12 months was 32.9 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% lower than the Somerset district average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mendip Hills’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 177 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mendip Hills ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 47 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (8 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.