Total Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Square area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Mendip Central and East , and the 384th lowest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Square (BA4 6JP) in the last 12 months was 23.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% lower than the Mendip Central and East average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Square (BA4 6JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodmore Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mendip Central and East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shapway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leighton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weymouth Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weymouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shapway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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