Crime Rate in Wells, ward

Wells has the 12th highest crime rate of 55 wards in Somerset district and the 2335th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 152nd highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wells in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% lower than the Somerset district average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wells’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 379 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 36.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 499 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wells ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Southover. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.