Total Crime Rate

89.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 57.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowl Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Mendip Hills , and the 541st highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowl Street (BA4 5ET) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 127.4% higher than the Mendip Hills average (39.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowl Street (BA4 5ET), the main crime hotspot is near Cowl Street. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowl Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Silk Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cowl Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowl Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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