Crime Rate in North Petherton, ward

North Petherton has the 17th highest crime rate of 55 wards in Somerset district and the 2641st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 177th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in North Petherton in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Somerset district average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, North Petherton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 422 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 519 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the North Petherton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Wigeon Road, with 59 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Market Way (30 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.