Crime Rate in Wellington, ward

Wellington has the 25th highest crime rate of 55 wards in Somerset district and the 3170th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 229th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wellington in the last 12 months was 73.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% lower than the Somerset district average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wellington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 464 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 585 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wellington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Cornhill, with 95 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (52 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.