Total Crime Rate

275.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 275.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 120.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Robbery 15.1 10/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wickham Rise area has the 5th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 96th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wickham Rise (BA11 2JJ) in the last 12 months was 275.5 per 1,000 residents and was 243.9% higher than the Frome East average (80.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -52.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wickham Rise (BA11 2JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wickham Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Justice Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Gasworks —
Sep 2025Burglary Windsor Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Gasworks Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B3090 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Old Gasworks Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft North Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Justice Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Vine Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elliot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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