Total Crime Rate

295.4 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 295.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.5 10/10
  • Other theft 61.5 10/10
  • Drugs 52.3 10/10
  • Public order 24.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 12.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cumhill area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Mendip South , and the 87th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cumhill (BA4 4BG) in the last 12 months was 295.4 per 1,000 residents and was 434.9% higher than the Mendip South average (55.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 141.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cumhill (BA4 4BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cumhill Hill, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Pleasant (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cumhill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrow Stile Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Totterdown Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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